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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

C H A R L E Y   P A T T O N; From the collection of John Tefteller and www.bluesimages.com. Used with permission
Charley Patton with his 1920 Stromberg Voisinet
From the collection of John Tefteller
and Blues Images. Used with permission
Charley Patton
aka Charlie Patton aka The Masked Marvel aka Elder J. J. Hadley

b. July 12, 1885 at Heron's Place, between Bolton and Edwards, Hinds County, Mississippi

d. April 28, 1934 in Heathman-Bedham, out from Indianola, Sunflower County, Mississippi

buried in a former cemetery then belonging to the New Jerusalem M.B. Church on the Robinson Plantation in Holly Ridge, Mississippi
discography
1930 'Compliments of F. W. BOERNER CO. Port Washington, Wis.'; source: 78 Quarterly No. 12 (2005), p. 20
1930 "Compliments of F. W. BOERNER CO. Port Washington, Wis."
source: 78 Quarterly No. 12 (2005), p. 20

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
17/1929Charley Patton

- Pony Blues (15216)   @ youtube
- Banty Rooster Blues (15217)   @ youtube

rec. June 14, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Charley Patton, voc, g


Paramount 12792 (US 7/1929)

July 27, 1929 advertisement for Paramount 12792 in The Chicago Defender; source: Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen - The story and the music of the men who made the Blues.- New York (Oak Publications) 1967, p. 45 July 27, 1929 advertisement for Paramount 12792 in The Chicago Defender; source: Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen - The story and the music of the men who made the Blues.- New York (Oak Publications) 1967, p. 45

21929Elder J.J. Hadley

- Prayer Of Death Part I (15225)   @ youtube
- Prayer Of Death Part II (15225-A)   @ youtube

rec. June 14, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Charley Patton, voc, g


Paramount 12799

39/1929The Masked Marvel / Charley Patton

- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (15214)   @ youtube
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues (15211)   @ youtube

rec. June 14, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Charley Patton, voc, g

as by "The Masked Marvel"

as by "Charley Patton"
Paramount 12805 (US 9/1929)

September 14, 1929 advertisement for Paramount 12805 in The Chicago Defender; source: Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen - The story and the music of the men who made the Blues.- New York (Oak Publications) 1967, p. 47 September 14, 1929 advertisement for Paramount 12805 in The Chicago Defender; source: Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen - The story and the music of the men who made the Blues.- New York (Oak Publications) 1967, p. 47

411/1929Charley Patton

- Down The Dirt Road Blues (15215) #   @ youtube
- It Won't Be Long (15220)   @ youtube

rec. June 14, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Charley Patton, voc, g; # unknown, sp


Paramount 12854 (US 11/1929)

November 23, 1929 advertisement for Paramount 12854 in The Chicago Defender; source: Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen - The story and the music of the men who made the Blues.- New York (Oak Publications) 1967, p. 47 November 23, 1929 advertisement for Paramount 12854 in The Chicago Defender; source: Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen - The story and the music of the men who made the Blues.- New York (Oak Publications) 1967, p. 47

51/1930Charley Patton

- Shake It And Break It But (Don't Let It Fall, Mama) (15224)   @ youtube
- A Spoonful Blues (15223) #   @ youtube

rec. June 14, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Charley Patton, voc, g; # unknown, sp


Paramount 12869 (US 1/1930)

January 11, 1930 advertisement for Paramount 12869 in The Chicago Defender; source: Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen - The story and the music of the men who made the Blues.- New York (Oak Publications) 1967, p. 46 January 11, 1930 advertisement for Paramount 12869 in The Chicago Defender; source: Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen - The story and the music of the men who made the Blues.- New York (Oak Publications) 1967, p. 46

62/1930Charley Patton

- Pea Vine Blues (15221-A)   @ youtube
- Tom Rushen Blues (15222-A)   @ youtube

rec. June 14, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Charley Patton, voc, g


Paramount 12877 (US 2/1930)

February 1, 1930 advertisement for Paramount 12877 in The Chicago Defender; source: Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen - The story and the music of the men who made the Blues.- New York (Oak Publications) 1967, p. 46 February 1, 1930 advertisement for Paramount 12877 in The Chicago Defender; source: Samuel Charters: The Bluesmen - The story and the music of the men who made the Blues.- New York (Oak Publications) 1967, p. 46

71929Charley Patton

- Lord I'm Discouraged (15226)   @ youtube
- I'm Goin' Home (15227)   @ youtube

rec. June 14, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Charley Patton, voc, g


Paramount 12883


= Herwin 92036 (as by Charley Peters)

81930?Charley Patton

- High Water Everywhere Part I (L-59-1)   @ youtube
- High Water Everywhere Part II (L-60-2)   @ youtube

rec. June 14, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Charley Patton, voc, g


Paramount 12909

 advertisement for Paramount 12909 in The Chicago Defender; source: April 12, 1930 advertisement for Paramount 12909 in The Chicago Defender; source:

91929Henry Sims

- Farrell Blues (L-45-1)   @ youtube
- Come Back Corrina (L-46-2)   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1929 in Grafton, WI; Henry Sims, voc, vn; Charley Patton, g


Paramount 12912

101929Charley Patton

- Rattlesnake Blues (L-63-2)   @ youtube
- Running Wild Blues (L-64-1)   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g; Henry Sims, vn


Paramount 12924

111929Henry Sims

- Be True Be True Blues (L-66-2)   @ youtube
- Tell Me Man Blues (L-65-1)   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1929 in Grafton, WI; Henry Sims, voc, vn; Charley Patton, g


Paramount 12940

121929Charley Patton

- Mean Black Cat Blues (L-41-1)   @ youtube
- Magnolia Blues (L-48-1)   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g


Paramount 12943

131929Charley Patton

- Mean Black Moan (L-77-1) #   @ youtube
- Heart Like Railroad Steel (L-50-1)   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g; # Henry Sims, vn


Paramount 12953

141929Charley Patton

- Green River Blues (L-44-3)   @ youtube
- Elder Greene Blues (L-38-1) #   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Elder Greene Blues (L-38-2) # [Document DLP 532, Document DOCD-5009]   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g; # Henry Sims, vn


Paramount 12972

151929Charley Patton

- Jesue [sic] Is A Dying Bed Maker (L-61-1) (aka "In My Time Of Dying")   @ youtube
- I Shall Not Be Moved (L-62-1) (2:45) [Document DOCD-5150]   @ youtube
or
- I Shall Not Be Moved (L-62-2) (3:06) [Patton speeds up at about 0:50!]   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- I Shall Not Be Moved (alt tk) (2:40) [test pressing; Document DOCD-5276]

rec. June 14, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Charley Patton, voc, g


Paramount 12986


Paramount 12986-B   L62-2

161929Charley Patton

- Hammer Blues (L-47-2) [should have been "Hammock Blues"]   @ youtube
- When Your Way Gets Dark (L-49-1)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Hammer Blues (L-47-1) # \\ [should have been "Hammock Blues"] [Document DLP 532, Document DOCD-5010]   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g


Paramount 12998

171930Charley Patton

- Moon Going Down (L-432-1) *   @ youtube
- Going To Move To Alabama (L-37-1) #   @ youtube

# rec. c. October 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g
* rec. c. May 28, 1930 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g; Willie Brown, 2nd g


Paramount 13014

181930Charley Patton

- Some Happy Day (L-51-1)   @ youtube
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die (L-52-1)   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g


Paramount 13031

191930Charley Patton

- Circle Round The Moon (L-39-1)   @ youtube
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues (L-40-1)   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g; Henry Sims, vn


Paramount 13040

201930Charley Patton

- Bird Nest Bound (L-433-1)   @ youtube
- Dry Well Blues (L-429-2)   @ youtube

rec. c. May 28, August 1930 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g; Willie Brown, 2nd g


Paramount 13070

211930Charley Patton

- Jim Lee—Part I (L-57-2) #   @ youtube
- Some Summer Day (L-431-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. c. October 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g
* rec. c. May 28, August 1930 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g


Paramount 13080

221930Charley Patton

- Frankie And Albert (L-42-1)   @ youtube
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone (L-43-2)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone (L-43-1) [Document DLP 532, Document DOCD-5010]   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g


Paramount 13110

231930Charlie Patton

- Jim Lee Part II (L-58-1)   @ youtube
- Joe Kirby (L-67-2) #   @ youtube

rec. c. October 1929 in Grafton, WI; Charley Patton, voc, g; # Henry Sims, vn


Paramount 13133

241934Bertha Lee

- Yellow Bee (14735-2) *   @ youtube
- Mind Reader Blues (14736-1) #   @ youtube

rec. January 31, 1934 in New York City; Bertha Lee, voc; Charley Patton, # g, * sp


Vocalion 02650

   

- Dog Train Blues (14745-

rec. January 31, 1934 in New York City; Bertha Lee, voc; Charley Patton, g

ARC unissued

251934Charlie Patton

- Poor Me (14757-1) *   @ youtube
- 34 Blues (14739-1) #   @ youtube

# rec. January 31, 1934 in New York City; Charley Patton, voc, g
* rec. February 1, 1934 in New York City; Charley Patton, voc, g


Vocalion 02651

advertisement for Vocalion 02651 & 02680; source: advertisement for Vocalion 02651 & 02680; source:

261934Charlie Patton

- High Sheriff Blues (14725-2)   @ youtube
- Stone Pony Blues (14727-1)   @ youtube

rec. January 30, 1934 in New York City; Charley Patton, voc, g


Vocalion 02680

advertisement for Vocalion 02651 & 02680; source: advertisement for Vocalion 02651 & 02680; source:

271934Charlie Patton

- Love My Stuff (14746-1) *   @ youtube
- Jersey Bull Blues (14723-1) #   @ youtube

# rec. January 30, 1934 in New York City; Charley Patton, voc, g
* rec. January 31, 1934 in New York City; Charley Patton, voc, g


Vocalion 02782

281934Patton and Lee

- Oh Death (14749-3) #   @ youtube
- Troubled 'bout My Mother (14752-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. January 31, 1934 in New York City; Charley Patton, voc, g; Bertha Lee, voc
* rec. February 1, 1934 in New York City; Charley Patton, voc, g; Bertha Lee, voc

label pictures from Revenant RVN-CD-212
Vocalion 02904

291934Charlie Patton

- Hang It On The Wall (14758-1) *   @ youtube
- Revenue Man Blues (14747) #   @ youtube

# rec. January 31, 1934 in New York City; Charley Patton, voc, g
* rec. February 1, 1934 in New York City; Charley Patton, voc, g


Vocalion 02931


EP / LP / CD compilations
304/1961Charlie Patton! 1929-32 resp. The Immortal Charlie Patton   Number 1

- High Sheriff Blues
- Green River Blues
- Elder Green Blues *
- Moon Going Down
- Going To Move To Alabama *
- I Shall Not Be Moved

- Stone Poney Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Runnin Wild Blues *
- Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone
- I'm Goin' Home
- Poor Me

* + Henry Sims, fiddle

front cover artwork by Bill Givens; photo courtesy Max Tarplet


Origin Jazz Library OJL 1 "Charlie Patton! 1929-32" (US 4/1961)

5 page booklet notes by Bernard Klatzko

Origin Jazz Library OJL 1 (US 1962)

5 page booklet notes by Bernard Klatzko

Origin Jazz Library OJL 1 (US 1964?)

notes by David Evans (reprinted from Blues World Booklet No. 2, 1969; revised 1977)

Origin Jazz Library OJL 1 (US 1977)

OJL Records discography

311962Charlie Patton   the country blues: volume one (Mississippi

- Mississippi Boll Weevil
- 34 Blues

- High Water Everywhere, part 1
- High Water Everywhere, part 2

7 inch EP 45 rpm
notes by Tony Standish

Heritage RE-104 (UK 1962)

Heritage Records discography

321964The Immortal Charlie Patton 1887-1934   Number 2

- Shake It And Break It But (Don't Let It Fall Mama
- Down The Dirt Road Blues
- Dry Well Blues
- A Spoonful Blues
- High Water Everywhere, Part 1
- High Water Everywhere, Part 2
- It Won't Be Long
- Bird Nest Bound

- Yellow Bee (Bertha Lee, voc
- Revenue Man Blues
- Pony Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Come Back Corina (Henry Sims, voc
- Banty Rooster Blues
- Tom Rushen Blues
- Hammer Blues

photo courtesy Max Tarplet

booklet notes by Bernard Klatzko

Origin Jazz Library OJL 7 (US 1964)

notes by David Evans (reprinted from Blues World Booklet No. 2, 1969; revised 1977)

Origin Jazz Library OJL 7 (US 1977)

OJL Records discography

331965The Mississippi Blues Number 2: The Delta 1929-32
16 Previously Unreissued Sides In The Mississippi Delta Style By A Cadre Of Prophetic Bluesmen Who Voiced The Full, Raw Language Of This Area's Rich Musical Argot!

Son House
- Dry Spell Blues - part 1
- Dry Spell Blues - part 2
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues
- Long Ways From Home

Charlie Patton
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Screamin And Hollerin The Blues
Jaydee Short
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
- Telephone Arguin' Blues

Blind Willie Reynolds
- 3rd Street Woman Blues
- Nehi Blues
Robert Wilkins
- I'll Go With Her Blues
- Get Away Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Titanic Blues
- Preacher Blues
Joe Calicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues
Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues


notes by David Evans and Bill Givens
 
Origin Jazz Library OJL-11


Origin Jazz Library OJL-11

OJL Records discography

341966In The Spirit  No. 1!

Bukka White - I Am In The Heavenly Way
Skip James - Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
Charlie Patton - You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
Blind Joe Taggart - The Storm Is Passing Over
Patton and Lee - Oh Death
Rev. D.C. Rice - No Night There
McIntorsh and Edwards - Take A Stand
Elder Richard Bryant - Watch Ye, Therefore, You Know Not The Day

Rev. F.W. McGee - He Is The Saviour For Me
Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers - Sinner, I'd Make A Change
Rev. D.C. Rice - Sure Foundation
Blind Mamie Forehand - Honey In The Rock
Duckett and Norwood - I Want To Go Where Jesus Is
Mother McCollum - When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
Alfred G. Karnes - I Am Bound For The Promised Land
Washington Phillips - I Had A Good Father And Mother

front cover photo by Ann Charters

broschure notes (for Nos. 1 & 2) by Bernard Klatzko & Gayle Dean Wardlowlater: new notes (leaflet) by Pete Welding
later    
Origin Jazz Library OJL 12 (US 1966 ff.)

notes by Pete Welding
 
= Origin Jazz Library OJL 12 (US 19??)

OJL Records discography

351966In The Spirit Volume 2

Bukka White
- Promise True And Grand
Blind Willie Davis
- Rock Of Ages

Charlie Patton
- Some Happy Day
Sister Cally Fancy
- Hold To God's Unchanging Hand

Patton and Lee
- Troubled Bout My Mother
Elder Curry
- Memphis Flu
Elder Richard Bryant
- How Much I Owe For Love Devine
McIntorsh and Edwards
- The Latter Rain Is Fall

McIntorsh and Edwards
- The 1927 Flood
Rev. D.C. Rice
- I'm Pressing On
Holy Ghost Sanctified Singers
- Thou Carest Lord For Me
Blind Roosevelt Graves
- When I Lay My Burden Down
Mother McCallum
- Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane
William and Versey Smith
- Sinners You'll Need King Jesus
Blind Willie Johnson
- Sweeter As The Years Roll By
Washington Phillips
- Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There


front cover photo by Ann Charters

notes by Bernard Klatzko & Gayle Dean Wardlow

Origin Jazz Library OJL 13

notes by Pete Welding

Origin Jazz Library OJL 13

OJL Records discography

361967Mississippi Blues Vol. 1 (1927-1942)

Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Snake Doctor Blues
Blind Joe Amos - C & O Blues
William Harris - Early Mornin' Blues
Sam Collins - Signifyin' Blues

Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Mean Black Moan
Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
Robert Wilkins - Rolling Stone, part 1 & 2

Isaiah Nettles (The Mississippi Moaner) - Mississippi Moan
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
Son House - The Jinx Blues - No. 2
Bukka White - Black Train Blues
Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Barefoot Blues
Ishman Bracey - Left Alone Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues
Robert Johnson - Kind-Hearted Woman No. 2


 
Roots RL-302 (Austria 1967, 1st pressing) [line of front cover text in black]


Roots RL-302 (Austria 1968, 2nd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]


Roots RL-302 (Austria 19??, 3rd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]


= autogram/Roots RL-302 (Germany 2013)

Roots Records discography

371967Mississippi Blues Vol. 2

Charley Patton
- Prayer Of Death, pts. 1 & 2
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Lord, I'm Discouraged
- Love My Stuff
- Hank It On The Wall
- 34 Blues

Sam Collins
- Dark Cloudy Blues
- Pork Chop Blues
Skip James
- How Long "Buck"
- 22-20 Blues
Bukka White
- Pinebluff Arkansas
- Shake 'Em On Down
- District Attorney Blues
- Parchman Farm Blues


Roots RL-303 (1st pressing 1967) [line of cover text in black]


Roots RL-303 (2nd pressing 1968) [line of cover text in blue]


= autogram/Roots RL-303 (Germany 19??)

Roots Records discography

381967Mississippi Blues 1927 - 1941

Harvey Hull - Gang Of Brownskin Women
Henry Sims - Be True, Be True Blues
William Harris - I'm Leavin' Town
Skip James - Special Rider Blues
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues

Charley Patton - Hang It On The Wall
Geechie Wiley - Eagles On A Half

Mattie Delaney - Tallahatchie River Blues
John Byrd - Billy Goat Blues

Charley Patton - Mean Black Moan
Charley Patton - Pea Vine Blues
Bobby Grant - Nappy Head Blues
Son House - Delta Blues
Robert Johnson - Dead Shrimp Blues


cover art: Michael Gruener, Nick Perls

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt]   390 East 8th St

Belzona L-1001 (US 1967)

there were specimen with "Belzona" covers and "Yazoo" labels sold!
Belzona' covers and 'Yazoo' labels; click to enlarge!

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt]   390 East 8th St

= Yazoo L-1001 (US 1968)

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt]   54 King St

= Yazoo L-1001 (US 196?)

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt]   245 Waverly Place

= Yazoo L-1001 (US 196?)

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt]   37 E. Clinton St, Newton, NJ

= Yazoo 1001HLP (US 2011) [180g reissue LP]

Yazoo Records discography

391968Mississippi Moaners 1927-1942

Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues
Washington White - The New 'Frisco Train
Mattie Delaney - Down The Big Road Blues
Rube Lacey - Ham Hound Crave
Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues
Uncle Bud Walker - Stand Up Suitcase Blues

Charley Patton - Devil Sent The Rain Blues

Son House - Special Rider Blues
Bobby Grant - Lonesome Atlanta Blues
Mae Glover - Gas Man Blues
Papa Harvey Hull - Two Little Tommies Blues
Joe Calicot [sic] - Traveling Mama Blues [Brunswick 7166]
The Mississippi Moaner - Mississippi Moan
Blind Willie Reynolds - Married Man Blues


notes by Brad Sweet (= Stephen Calt)   "Yazoo Records, 390 East 8th Street, New York, N.Y. 10009"

Yazoo L 1009 (US 1968)     original press, cover font and small / large Yazoo logo in red; black labels

notes by Steve Calt   "Yazoo Records, 54 King Street – New York, N.Y. 10014"

Yazoo L 1009 (US 1971 ff.)     cover font and large Yazoo logo in orange; black and red labels

notes by Steve Calt   "Yazoo Records, 54 King Street – New York, N.Y. 10014"

= Yazoo L 1009 (US 19??)     cover font and small Yazoo logo in blue; black labels

notes by Steve Calt     "Yazoo Records, 245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014"

= Yazoo L 1009 (US 19??)     cover font and small Yazoo logo in orange; peacock labels, catalog # on labels printed to the left

notes by Steve Calt   "Yazoo Records, P.O Box 810, Newton, New Jersey 07860"

= Yazoo/Shanachie L 1009 (US early 1990s)     cover font and small Yazoo logo in blue; peacock labels, catalog # on labels printed to the right

notes by Steve Calt

= Yazoo L 1009 (US 1991)

notes by Stephen Calt

= Yazoo CD 1009 (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Bukka White discography
Mattie Delaney discography
Rube Lacey discography
Skip James discography
Son House discography
Papa Harvey Hull discography
Mississippi Joe Callicott discography
Blind Willie Reynolds discography

401969Up And Down The Mississippi (1926-1940)

Richard (Rabbit) Brown
- Mystery Of The Dunbar's Child
- I'm Not Jealous Roots
Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Jailhouse Fire Blues
- Shaggy Dog Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler
- You Can't Keep No Brown
Mae Glover & John Byrd
- Pig Meat Papa
Jim Thompkins
- Bedside Blues

Bertha Lee & Charley Patton
- Mind Reader Blues

Robert Lee McCoy
- Friar's Point Blues
Mississippi Bracey
- You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door
- I'll Overcome Someday
Will Weldon
- Hitch Me To Your Buggy
Little Buddy Doyle
- Grief Will Kill Me
- Bad In Mind Blues
Lane Hardin
- California Desert Blues
Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worry Blues



Roots RL 319 (Austria 1969)

= autogram/Roots RL 319 (Germany 2009)

Roots Records discography

411970Charley Patton
Founder of the Delta Blues

Yazoo L-1020 track sequence (28 tracks):
mastered by Nick Perls
- Mississippi Bo Weevil Blues
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
- Down The Dirt Road Blues
- Pony Blues
- Banty Rooster Blues
- It Won't Be Long
- Tom Rushen Blues

- A Spoonful Blues
- Shake It And Break It
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Elder Green Blues
- Frankie And Albert °°
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Green River Blues


- Hammer Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- High Water Everywhere Part 1
- High Water Everywhere Part 2
- Rattlesnake Blues °°
- Running Wild Blues °°
- Dry Well Blues

- Moon Going Down
- Bird Nest Bound
- High Sheriff Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
- 34 Blues
- Revenue Man Blues °°
- Poor Me

°° tracks omitted on Yazoo CD 1020

Yazoo L-1020 (1st release 1970) inner gatefold with attached booklet








Yazoo L-1020 (2nd release 198?) inner gatefold (no booklet!)

Yazoo CD 1020 (1989) track sequence (24 tracks):
mastered by Nick Perls
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
- Down The Dirt Road Blues
- Mississippi Bo Weevil Blues
- Green River Blues
- A Spoonful Blues
- Moon Going Down
- Tom Rushen Blues
- Elder Green Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Dry Well Blues
- High Water Everywhere Part 1
- High Water Everywhere Part 2
- Shake It And Break It
- Pony Blues
- Bird Nest Bound
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Banty Rooster Blues
- 34 Blues
- High Sheriff Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
- Hammer Blues
- It Won't Be Long
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Poor Me

Yazoo CD 2001 (1991) track sequence (23 tracks):
mastered by Richard Nevins
- Revenue Man Blues (2:43
- Some Summer Day (3:01
- Hang It On The Wall (2:46
- You Gonna Need Somebody When You Die (2:59
- Jim Lee Blues (Part 1) (3:05
- Pea Vine Blues (3:06
- Elder Greene Blues (unissued tk 2) (2:59
- Love My Stuff (2:59
- Hammer Blues (unissued tk 1) (3:14
- Rattlesnake Blues (2:47
- I'm Goin' Home (3:05
- Jersey Bull Blues (3:13
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone (unissued tk 1) (2:54
- Lord I'm Discouraged (3:08
- Oh Death (2:52
- Running Wild Blues (2:57
- Prayer Of Death (Part 1) (3:06
- Prayer Of Death (Part 2) (2:50
- Some Happy Day (3:11
- Troubled 'Bout My Mother (2:57
- I Shall Not Be Moved (3:05
- Mean Black Cat Blues (2:58
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker (2:55

Yazoo CD 2010 (1995) track sequence (26 tracks):
remastered by Richard Nevins
- Down The Dirt Road Blues (2:57
- Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues (3:08
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (3:07
- Stone Pony Blues (2:53
- It Won't Be Long (3:24
- Shake It And Break It (3:11
- Magnolia Blues (3:12
- Dry Well Blues (3:21
- High Water Everywhere Part I (3:08
- High Water Everywhere Part II (3:07
- Green River Blues (3:10
- Bird Nest Bound (3:13
- High Sheriff Blues (3:12
- A Spoonful Blues (3:14
- Moon Going Down (3:18
- Pony Blues (3:01
- Elder Green Blues (3:04
- Banty Rooster Blues (3:05
- Some Of These Days (3:18
- Tom Rushen Blues (3:08
- 34 Blues (2:59
- Going To Move To Alabama (3:01
- Hammer Blues (3:16
- Poor Me (2:59
- When Your Ways Get Dark (3:07
- Devil Sent The Rain (3:08

Charley Patton discography

DLP
inner gatefold plus 8 pp. booklet containing notes & lyrics by Stephen Calt, Jerry Epstein, John Fahey, Don Kent, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart & Alan Wilson

Yazoo L-1020 (1st rel. 1970) [28 tracks]


Yazoo L-1020 (1st rel. repr.)


= Yazoo L-1020
(2nd rel. 198?) [28 tracks]


= Yazoo 1020 cassette
(1988) [28 tracks]


(=) Yazoo CD 1020 [1989]
[24 tracks only!]


= Vivid VSCD-1085 (Jp 1989)


(=) Yazoo CD 2001 (1991
"King Of The Delta Blues"
[23 tracks!]

notes by Stephen Calt

(=) Yazoo CD 2010 (1995
"Founder of The Delta Blues"
[26 tracks!]

notes by Stephen Calt

(=) Yazoo 1020HLP (2011
[180g DLP, no gatefold]
[28 tracks]

Yazoo Records discography

41a1970Ten Years Of Black Country Religion 1926 - 1936

Charley Patton
- Lord I'm Discouraged
Kid Prince Moore
- Church Bells
- Sign Of Judgement
Blind Willie Davis
- I've Got A Key To The Kingdom
- Your Enemy Cannot Harm You
Lonnie McIntorsh
- Arise And Shine
Bo Weavil Jackson
- I'm On My Way To The Kingdom Land

Jaybird Coleman
- I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan Some Of These Days

Charley Patton
- Prayer Of Death - part 1
- Prayer Of Death - part 2
Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers
- Go I'll Send Thee
- Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Where Shall I Be ?
- All I Want Is That Pure Religion


notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart   "54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014"

Yazoo L-1022 (US 1970)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart   "54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014" or "245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014"

Yazoo L-1022 (US 1970?)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart   "54 King Street, New York, N.Y. 10014" or "245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014"

Yazoo L-1022 (US 1971)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Michael Stewart   "245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014"   "Jacket made in Canada" on back cover, bottom right

Yazoo L-1022 (US 1989)

Yazoo Records discography
Bo Weavil Jackson discography
Jaybird Coleman discography
Blind Lemon Jefferson discography

42197?Delta Blues
Skip James, Son House, Charley Patton, Robert Johnson

Robert Johnson
- Ramblin' On My Mind
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Phonograph Blues
- Cross Road Blues
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Drunken Hearted Man
- Stop Breakin' Down
- Love In Vain


Charley Patton
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues
Skip James
- Four O'Clock Blues
- Drunken Spree
- [?] Blues
- How Long Blues
Son House
- Sundown



Roots RL 339 (A

Roots Records discography

43197?Mississippi Bottom Blues

Papa Freddie Spruell
- Muddy Water Blue
Mister Freddie Spruell
- Low Down Mississippi Bottom Man
- Don't Cry Baby
- Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues
Long Cleve Reed & Papa Harvey Hull
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues
Paper Harvey Hull & Long Cleve Reed
- Mama You Don't Know How
Tommy Bradley
- Please Don't Act That Way

Otto Virgial
- Bad Notion Blues
- Little Girl In Rome

Charlie Patton
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Love My Stuff
Mr. Freddie Spruell
- Your Good Man Is Gone
- Way Back Down Home
- 4A Highway


notes by Mike Stewart
& Don Kent [OCRed &
posted at weeniecampbell
by Alan Balfour]


Mamlish S-3802 (US 197?)

Mamlish Records discography

441972Bukka White sings Sic 'em Dogs on Me 1927 to 1939

Elizabeth Johnson
- Be My Kid Blues (1928
- Sobbin' Woman Blues (1928
Mae Glover
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None (1929
Washington (Barrelhouse
White

- Po' Boy (1939
- Sic 'Em Dogs On Me (1939
Ishman Bracey
- Suitcase Full Of Blues (1930
Rosie Mae Moore
- Ha Ha Blues (1928
De Ford Bailey
- John Henry Blues (1928
D.H. Bilbro
- Chester Blues (1931

Louie Lasky
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done (1935
- Teasin' Brown Blues (1935
Willie Baker
- Weak Minded Blues (1929
- Rag Baby (1929
Long "Cleve" Reed & The Downhome Boys
- Mama You Don't Know How (1927
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues (1927
Mississipi John Hurt
- Stack O'Lee Blues (1928
Furry Lewis
- John Henry Blues-Part 1 (1929)

Charley Patton
- Heart Like Railroad Steel (1929

compiled by Bernard Klatzko

notes by Bernard Klatzko

Herwin H 201

Herwin Records discography

44a1972The World's Rarest Country Blues Records

Blind Willie McTell
- B And O Blues No 2 (New York Sep. 21 1933
King Solomon Hill
- Down On My Bended Knee (Grafton, Wis. c. Jan 1932
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Disgusted Blues (Chicago, Ill. c. Jan 1929
- The Cheaters Spell (Richmond Ind. Sep 24 1929
Sluefoot Joe
- She's A Fool (Long Island City, N.Y. Apr 1929
- House Top Blues (Long Island City, N.Y. Apr 1929
Jaybird Coleman
- Trunk Busted Suitcase Full Of Holes (Birmingham Alabama c. Aug. 1927
Ruby Paul
- Last Farewell Blues (Chicago, Ill. Dec. 1927
Blind Willie Davis
- Trust In God And Do Right. Grafton Wis. c. Jan 1930

William Harris
- Electric Chair Blues
- Kansas City Blues (Richmond Ind. Oct. 9th 1928
Geeshie Wiley
- Last Kind Words Blues
- Skinny Leg Blues (Grafton, Wis. c. April 1930
Skip James
- Hard-Luck Child
- 4 O'Clock Blues (Grafton Wis. c. Feb. 1931)

Charley Patton
- Circle Round The Moon
- Magnolia Blues
- Mean Black Cat Blues (Grafton Wis. Nov. 1929

Strictly limited edition (150 Copies). Plain white cover white Separate Typed Listing Sheet.
Note: "Every title presented on this lp has been dubbed from the only copy known to exist in the world. The makers have done their best to make these extremely rare and worn out 78's audible!"


For Specialists Only FSO-001 (Austria [Paltram/Roots] 1972)

451977Patton, Sims, & Bertha Lee: Delta Blues   1929-1934
Bottleneck Guitar Pioneer

Charley Patton
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Magnolia Blues
- Some Happy Day
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
- I Shall Not Be Moved ("tk 1"
- Joe Kirby
- Jim Lee Blues
Henry Sims
- Farrell Blues
- Come Back Corrina
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Be True Be True Blues
Bertha Lee
- Yellow Bee
- Mind Reader Blues
- Oh Death
- Troubled 'Bout My Mother

cover drawing by Susan Robinson

Herwin H 213 inner gatefold

notes (June 1977
by Don Kent

Herwin H 213

Herwin Records discography

461977
Charlie Patton
- Pony Blues
Blind Blake
- Early Morning Blues

Willie Brown
- M. and O. Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Long Lonesome Blues


flexible 33 1/3 rpm disc that came with the 1977 1st (hardback) edition of Jeff Todd Titon's book "Early Downhome Blues" (Urbana University of Illinois Press)

7 inch flexible EP

Eva-Tone MAL 771

471982Charley Patton
1929-1934 - The Remaining Titles

- Pea Vine Blues
- Prayer Of Death - Part 1
- Prayer Of Death - Part 2
- Lord I'm Discouraged
- I'm Goin' Home
- Circle Round The Moon

- Devil Sent The Rain
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Mean Black Moan
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Love My Stuff
- Hang It On The Wall


Wolf WSE 103

47a1984Songsters & Saints
Vocal Traditions on Race Records Vol. 1

LP 1:
Dances And Traveling Shows
Peg Leg Howell and Eddie Anthony
- Turkey Buzzard Blues
Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley
- Gonna Tip Out Tonight
"Beans" Hambone - El Morrow
- Beans
Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
- Under The Chicken Tree
Alec Johnson
- Mysterious Coon
"Big Boy" George Owens
- The Coon Crap Game
Memphis Sheiks
- He's In The Jailhouse Now

Charley Patton
- Elder Greene Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Way Down In Arkansas

Comment, Parodies And Ballad Heroes
Lil McClintock
- Furniture Man
Julius Daniels
- Can't Put The Bridle On That Mule This Morning
Hezekiah Jenkins
- The Panic Is On
Bogus Ben Covington
- I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop
Johnson - Nelson - Porkchop
- G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again
Bo Chatman
- Good Old Turnip Greens
Two Poor Boys
- John Henry Blues
Will Bennett
- Railroad Bill
Kid Coley
- Clair And Pearley Blues


LP 2:
Baptists And Sanctified Preachers
Rev. Jim Beale
- The Hand Of The Lord Was Upon Me
Rev. A.W. Nix
- After The Ball Is Over
Rev. Isaiah Shelton
- As The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest
Rev. J.M. Milton
- Silk Worms And Boll Weevils
Rev. H.M. Massey
- Old Time Baptism - part 2
Rev. J.T. Burch
- Baptised By Water, and Baptism By The Holy Ghost
Rev. E.S (Shy) Moore
- The Solemn Warning
Elder Curry
- Prove All Things
Rev. Leora Ross
- God's Mercy To Colonel Lindbergh

Gospel Soloists And Evangelists
Missionary Josephine Miles and Sister Elizabeth Cooper
- You Have Lost Jesus
Mother McCollum
- When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
Eddie Head and his Family
- Down On Me
Washington Phillips
- I Am Born To Preach The Gospel
Blind Roosevelt Graves and Brother
- Telephone To Glory
The Guitar Evangelist
- Death Is Only A Dream
Blind Willie Davis
- Your Enemy Cannot Harm You
Blind Nesbit
- Pure Religion
William and Versey Smith
- When That Great Ship Went Down


prod. by Gef Lucena

DLP
notes by Paul Oliver

Matchbox MSEX 2001/2002 (UK 1984)

This set is issued to complement the book "Songsters & Saints: Vocal Traditions On Race Records" by Paul Oliver, Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 1984

Matchbox Records discography

481986The Roots Of Robert Johnson

Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman
Kokomo Arnold
- Milk Cow Blues
Leroy Carr
- When The Sun Goes Down
Son House
- Preachin' The Blues - part 1
Lonnie Johnson
- Life Saver Blues
Henry Thomas
- Red River Blues

Charley Patton
- Revenue Man Blues

Son House
- My Black Mama - part 1
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll And Tumble Blues
The Mississippi Sheiks
- Sitting On Top Of The World
Scrapper Blackwell
- Kokomo Blues
Casey Bill Weldon
- Go Ahead, Buddy
Johnnie Temple
- Lead Pencil Blues


cover artwork by Malcolm Kirton

notes by Stephen Calt   245 Waverly Place, New York, N.Y. 10014

Yazoo L 1073 (US 1986)


= Yazoo CD 1073 YAZ (US 1990)

Yazoo Records discography

491988Delta Blues Vol. 1   1929-1930

Charley Patton
- Elder Greene Blues [L-38-2-unissued Pm Test]
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone [L-43-1-unissued Pm Test] #
- Hammer Blues [L-47-1-unissued Pm Test] #
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues [L-398-1-unissued Pm Test]
- Long Ways From Home [L-399-2-unissued Pm Test]
- On The Wall [L-419-1-unissued Pm Test]
- By The Moon And Stars [L-420-2-unissued Pm Test]

Son House
- Walkin' Blues [unissued Pm Test]
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues [L-398-2-unissued Pm Test]
Tommy Johnson
- Morning Prayer [Unissued Pm Test]
- Boogaloosa Woman [Unissued Pm Test]
- Black Mare Blues [L-245-1-unissued Pm Test]
Alura Mack
- Woman Woman Blues [L-239-1-unissued Pm Test]


# Matrices L-43-1 and L-47-1 appear only on later pressings of Document DLP 532; the first pressing used the originally issued takes in error


Document DLP 532 (Austria 1988)

Document Records discography

501990The Greatest in Country Blues   (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins


LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand


LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2)
- Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2)
- Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins


compiled by Johnny Parth

3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

Vol. 1: 1927-1930


Vol. 2: 1927-1936


Vol. 3: 1929-1956
= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)

= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)

3 CD set

= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)

50a1990Legends Of The Blues Volume One

Columbia LP C/AL 46215 track sequence:
- St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt
- Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying - Blind Willie Johnson
- Pigmeat Is What I Crave - Bo Carter
- Southern Can Is Mine - Blind Willie McTell
- Low Down St. Louis Blues - Lonnie Johnson

- Revenue Man Blues Patton - Charley Patton
- Stormy Night Blues - Leroy Carr
- I Believe I'll Make A Change - Josh White

- Forth Worth And Dallas Blues - Leadbelly
- Sweet Home Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
- Truckin' My Blues Away, #2 - Blind Boy Fuller
- Spreadin' Snakes Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Nothing In Ramblin' - Memphis Minnie
- Fixin' To Die Blues - Bukka White
- Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters
- Don't You Leave Me Here (tk 1) - Big Joe Williams
- Death Letter - Son House


SPV Blue CD SPV 91722 bonus tracks:
- Hell Hound On My Trail - Robert Johnson
- Rock Island Line - Leadbelly and The Golden Gate Quartet


original series compiled & prod. by Lawrence Cohn

notes by Paul Oliver

Columbia LP C/AL 46215 (US 1990)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Columbia/Legacy CD CK 46215 (US 1990)

notes by Paul Oliver

= CBS/Legacy CD 467245 (EU 1990)


= CBS/Sony CSCS 5323 (Jp 1990)

notes by Neil Slaven

(=) SPV Blue SPV 91722 (Germany/Poland 2008)

20 CD box set, CD 5
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)

511990The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel   [Vol. 1]

- Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley
- untitled - Barbecue Bob
- God Don't Never Change - Blind Willie Johnson
- Dark Was The Night (Cold Was the Ground) - Blind Willie Johnson
- St. Louis Blues - Weaver & Beasley
- Experience Blues - Blind Willie McTell, Ruth Mary Willis
- Guitar Rag - Sylvester Weaver
- You Can't Get That Stuff No More - Tampa Red

- High Sheriff Blues - Charley Patton
- Homesick And Lonesome Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
- Packin' Trunk Blues - Leadbelly
- I Believe I'll Make A Change - Casey Bill Weldon
- Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods
- Muscat Hill Blues - Buddy Woods
- Traveling Riverside Blues - Robert Johnson
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- Special Streamline - Bukka White
- Swing Low, Chariot - Sister O.M. Terrell
- Pearline - Son House


SPV CD 42492 bonus tracks:
- Black Snake Moan - Leadbelly
- Death Letter Blues - Son House


series prod. by Lawrence Cohn
cover photo by Steve Prezant

notes by Richard Spottswood
 
CBS LP C 46218 (US 1990)
= CBS LP 268.064 (UK 1990) (Roots n' Blues series)

notes by Richard Spottswood

= CBS CD CK46218 (US 1990)
= CBS CD 467251 (EU 1990) (Roots n' Blues series)

= CBS/Sony CSCS 5327 (Jp 1990)

= Columbia WCK 46218 (Ca 1990)


= Columbia 493345 2 (UK 1998)

notes by Neil Slaven

= SPV GmbH/Blue Label CD SPV 42492 (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series)

20 CD box set, CD 8
notes by Dean Rudland
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)

521990Charley Patton
Complete recorded works in chronological order Volume 1 (1929)

- Mississippi Boweavil Blues
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
- Down The Dirt Road Blues
- Pony Blues
- Banty Rooster Blues
- It Won't Be Long
- Pea Vine Blues
- Tom Rushen Blues
- A Spoonful Blues
- Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)
- Prayer Of Death - Part 1
- Prayer Of Death - Part 2
- Lord I'm Discouraged
- I'm Goin' Home
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Elder Greene Blues (tk 1)
- Elder Greene Blues (tk 2)
- Circle Round The Moon
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Mean Black Cat Blues

notes by Bob Groom

Document DOCD-5009 (Austria 1990)

notes by Bob Groom

= Document DOCD-5009 (UK 20??)

531990Charley Patton
Complete recorded works in chronological order Volume 2 (1929)

Charley Patton
- Frankie And Albert
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone (tk 1)
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone (tk 2)
- Green River Blues
Henry Sims
- Farrell Blues
- Come Back Corrina
Charley Patton
- Hammer Blues (tk 1)
- Hammer Blues (tk 2)
- Magnolia Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Some Happy Day
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Jim Lee Blues - Part 1
- Jim Lee Blues - Part 2
- High Water Everywhere - Part 1
- High Water Everywhere - Part 2
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
- I Shall Not Be Moved ("tk 1")
- Rattlesnake Blues

notes by Bob Groom

Document DOCD-5010 (Austria 1990)

notes by Bob Groom

= Document DOCD-5010 (UK 20??))

541990Charley Patton
Complete recorded works in chronological order Volume 3 (1929-1934)

Charley Patton
- Running Wild Blues
Henry Sims
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Be True Be True Blues
Charley Patton
- Joe Kirby
- Mean Black Moan
- Dry Well Blues
- Some Summer Day - Part I
- Moon Going Down
- Bird Nest Bound
- Jersey Bull Blues
- High Sheriff Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
Bertha Lee
- Yellow Bee
Charley Patton
- Mind Reader Blues
- 34 Blues
- Love My Stuff
- Revenue Man Blues
- Oh Death (Patton and Lee)
- Troubled 'bout My Mother (Patton and Lee)
- Poor Me
- Hang It On The Wall

notes by Bob Groom

Document DOCD-5011 (Austria 1990)

notes by Bob Groom

= Document DOCD-5011 (UK 20??)

551991Masters Of The Delta Blues: The Friends Of Charlie Patton

- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Big Fat Mama Blues - Tommy Johnson
- I Am In The Heavenly Way - Bukka White
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Brown Mama Blues - Ishman Bracey
- On The Wall - Louise Johnson
- Walking Blues (Unissued Test) - Son House
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Promise True And Grand - Bukka White
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Maggie Campbell Blues - Tommy Johnson
- My Black Mama (Part 1) - Son House
- My Black Mama (Part 2) - Son House

- Yellow Bee - Bertha Lee
- Long Way From Home - Louise Johnson
- M And O Blues - Willie Brown
- Button Up Shoes (Take 1, Unissued Test) - Tommy Johnson

- Mind Reader Blues - Bertha Lee
- Lonesome Home Blues (45463-1) - Tommy Johnson
- Dry Spell Blues (Part 1) - Son House
- Dry Spell Blues (Part 2) - Son House
- Preachin' The Blues (Part 1) - Son House
- Preachin' The Blues (Part 2) - Son House


notes by Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2002

Yazoo Records discography

561992Charley Patton: Pony Blues

- Tom Rushen Blues (3:05)
- A Spoonful Blues (3:09)
- Shake It And Break It (3:09)
- Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues (3:05)
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (3:03)
- Down The Girl Road Blues (2:54)
- Pony Blues (2:57)
- Going To Move To Alabama (2:58)
- Hammer Blues (3:13)
- Rattlesnake Blues (2:44)
- Running Wild Blues (2:53)
- Moon Going Down (3:13)
- Bird Nest Bound (3:08)
- High Sheriff Blues (3:07)
- Stone Pony Blues (2:49)
- 34 Blues (2:56)
- Revenue Man Blues (2:39)
- Poor Me (2:59)


Editions Atlas BLU-CD 3049 (Fr 1992)


= Orbis BLU NC 049 (UK 1995)

Orbis BLU GNC 047 (UK & EUR 1996)

56a1992Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective   (1925-1950)

disc 1:
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues
Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff
Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues
Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming
Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues
Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase
Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled
Whistler And His Jug Band - Low Down Blues
Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail
Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues
Austin & Lee Allen - Chattanooga Blues
Sherman Tedder - Untitled
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones - Hokum Blues
Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2
South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist
Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money
Clarence Green - Johnson City Blues
Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire
Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - (Honey) It's Tight Like That
Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah


disc 2:
Hershel Brown and His Happy Five - Liberty
Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man
Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville
Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)
Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues
The Hokum Boys - Gin Mill Blues
Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux - Osson
W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown)
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy
Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes
Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler
Lonnie Johnson - I Have To Do My Time
Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge
Buster Carter & Preston Young - Darn Good Girl
Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues
Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green - You Had Too Much
Silver Leaf Quartet - Oh! Glory Glory
Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time
Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose
Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side
Will Batts - Highway # 61 Blues


disc 3:
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 1
W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 2
Blind Willie (McTell) - Bell Street Lightnin'   @ youtube

Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues   @ youtube
Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues
Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues
Breaux Freres - La Valse Des Yeux Bleus
Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues
Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues
Pinewood Tom (Josh White) - Sissy Man
The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
The Anglin Twins - Just Inside The Pearly Gates
Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed
The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues
Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam
A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise
Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues
George Curry - My Last Five Dollars
The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues
The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi tu m'aime pas
Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me
Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy
Jack Kelly - Flower Blues
Bob Clifford - Onion Eating Mama
Callahan Bros. - Brown's Ferry Blues # 2
Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues
Bill McKinley (Jazz Gillum) - Poor Boy Blues


disc 4:
Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together
Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)
The Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away
Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues
Peter Cleighton (Clayton) - Black Snake Blues
Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go
Bob And Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad
Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe
Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues
Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing
Big Maceo Merriweather - Maceo Special
The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues
James "Beal Street" Clark - Who But You
Homer Harris - Tomorrow May Be Too Late
McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) - Burying Ground Blues
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal
Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time
(Big) Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling
Willie "Boodle It" Right - Two By Four Blues
Bailes Bros. - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In)
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio
Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues
Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues
Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord
Brother Porter & Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me


compiled by Lawrence Cohn

4 disc set
notes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding

Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992)

20 CD box set
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)

571993Too Late, Too Late Blues Vol. 1
Newly Discovered Titles & Alternative Takes

Blind Blake
- Early Morning Blues (3057-2)
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Lock Step Blues (20750)
- Hangman's Blues (20751-2)
George 'Bullet' Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham (tk 3)
Bessie Tucker
- My Man Has Quit Me (tk 2)
Memphis Jug Band
- Stealin', Stealin' (tk 3)
Willie Baker
- Weak-Minded Woman (14782 - Test)
Rev. D C Rice
- Will They Welcome Me There?
Charlie Spand
- Levee Camp Man (-6)
(breakdown)
- Mississippi Blues (-v6)
Robert Peeples
- Worry Blues

Charley Patton
- I Shall Not Be Moved ("tk. 2") (3:02)
Big Bill Broonzy
- Bow Leg Baby
Frank Brasswell
- Mountain Girl Blues (16575)
Memphis Minnie
- Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues (tk. B)
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
- Do It Some More
Kansas City Kitty
- Knife Man Blues
Bo Carter (Bo Chatman)
- New Auto Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Worried In Mind Blues
'Kansas Joe' Mccoy
- Meat Cutter Blues (alt tk)
- What's The Matter With You?
Memphis Minnie
- Reachin' Pete (tk. B)
Kokomo Arnold
- Milk Cow Blues No. 5
Memphis Minnie
- Running And Dodging Blues (tk. 2 - Test)
Little Buddy Doyle
- Slick Capers Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- The Victim Of Love


notes by Roger Misiewicz

Document DOCD 5150 (Austria 1993)

581994Too Late Too Late Vol. 2 (1897-1935)
More Newly Discovered Titles & Alternative Takes

Cousins & De Moss
- Pour Mourner
Jim Jackson
- Jim Jackson's Affinity (negro Vaudeville Sketch)
Unknown
- Turkey In The Straw (negro Shout)
Male Quartette
- Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield
Blind Blake
- West Coast Blues (2669)
- Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around (tk 1)
Booker Orchestra
- Salty Dog
Bantley & Williams
- Big Fat Mamma
Rev. Moses Mason
- John The Baptist
- Go Wash In The Beautiful Stream (tk 2)
Ma Rainey
- Traveling Blues (tk 2)

Charley Patton
- Lord I'm Discouraged
- I'm Goin' Home
Gene Campbell
- Toby Woman Blues
- Turned Out Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Jelly Killed Old Sam
- The Faults Of All Women And Men
Kansas Joe
- I'm Going Crazy
- Dresser Drawer Blues
Ramblin' Thomas
- Ground Hog Blues No. 2 [Victor 23365]
- Little Old Mama Blues [Victor 23365]
Joshua White
- Broad Players Blues
- Big House Blues
Bo Carter
- Backache Blues (82610)
- Nobody Knows My Baby
Kokomo Arnold
- Policy Wheel Blues (90158)


notes by Guido van Rijn

Document DOCD 5216 (Austria 1994)

58a1994Too Late Too Late   Vol. 3@ Spotify
Newly Discovered Titles & Alternative Takes   1926-1960's

Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Number Three Blues (take 1)
Side Wheel Sally Duffie
- Bunker Hill Blues
- Plantation Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- She Stays Out All Night Long (take 1)
Lottie Kimbrough & Winston Holmes
- Don't Speak To Me
Jim Jackson
- I'm Wild About My Lovin' (take 1)
William Harris
- Electric Chair Blues (Jefferson County Blues)
- Bad Treated Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Big Night Blues

Charley Patton
- I Shall Not Be Moved ("L62-alt.tk.-Pm test") (2:40)
Mississippi Sheiks
- The Jazz Fiddler (take A)
Memphis Minnie
- Dirt Dauber Blues
- You Dirty Mistreater
Curley Weaver
- No No Blues
- Early Morning Blues
Tampa Red
- I'll Get A Break Some Day
Joshua White
- Cherry Picker
- Tweet Tweet Mama Blues
Leadbelly
- My Baby Quit Me
Casey Bill Weldon
- We Gonna Move (To The Outskirts...) (tk 2)
Tampa Red
- This Ain't No Place For Me
Ida Parham
- Untitled Blues
Two Gospel Keys
- If I Never See You Anymore
- Stranger, Don't Drive Me Away
Jesse Thomas
- Your Love Is Automatic [Red River (no issue #)]
- Rain Sleet Or Snow [Red River (no issue #)]


notes by Guido van Rijn

Document DOCD-5276 (Austria 1994)

591995Suitcase Full of Blues

- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell
- Ramblin' Man - Ramblin' Thomas
- Going Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Poor Boy, Long Ways Fom Home - Gus Cannon
- Florida Bound - Edward Thompson

- Pea Vine Blues - Charley Patton
- Rambler Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Up the Way Bound - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George "Bullet" Williams
- Slidin' Delta - Tommy Johnson
- Down Te Country - Leola B. Wilson
- M and O Blues - Willie Brown
- Georgia Bound - Blind Blake
- Number Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Sunshine Special - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Illinois Blues - Skip James
- I Wonder To Myself - Tommy Johnson
- Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
- Suitcase Full of Blues - Ishman Bracey


compiled by John Tottenham, prod. for the GHB Jazz Foundation by Jon P. Pult
cover art by Tony Mostrom

notes by John Tottenham

Black Swan HCD-23 (US 1995) (US 1995)

601998Robert Johnson: Beg, Borrow Or Steal
The Origins, Music and Influence of Robert Johnson

disc 1: The Origins
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James

- Down The Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues - Charley Patton
- The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair - Sleepy John Estes
- Roll & Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Sagefield Woman Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- Sissy Man Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- My Black Mama (part 1)
- Son House
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Kokomo Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Preachin' Blues - Son House

- Tom Rushen's Blues - Charley Patton
- Six Weeks Old Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- When The Sun Goes Down - Leroy Carr
- Milkcow Blues - Kokomo Arnold

disc 2: The Music
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Hellhound On My Trail
- Cross Road Blues
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
- Travelling Riverside Blues
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Walking Blues
- 330 Blues
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
- From Four Till Late
- Me And The Devil Blues
- Love In Vain
- Milkcow's Calf Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- Rambling On My Mind
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues
- I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
- Phonograph Blues
- Dead Shrimp Blues
- Stones In My Passway
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- When You Got A Good Friend
- They're Red Hot
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Malted Milk
- Drunken Hearted Man
- Honeymoon Blues

disc 3: The Influence
- Come On In My Kitchen - Johnny Winter
- Hellbound On My Trail - Alexis Korner
- Crossroads - Homesick James
- Rollin & Tumblin' - Canned Heat
- Travelling Riverside Blues - Peter Green & Splinter Group
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Walking Blues - Muddy Waters
- 32 - 20 Blues - David Hay
- Sweet Home Chicago - Joe Carter
- From 4 Til Late - Peter Green & Splinter Group
- Me & The Devil - David Hay
- Love In Vain - Tony McPhee
- Terraplane - King Biscuit Boy
- Ramblin On My Mind - Johnny Shines
- Steady Rolllin' Man - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues - Johnny Winter


3 CD box set

Catfish KATCD 107 (UK 1998)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

611999Blues Guitar Pioneers - Handful Of Riffs

- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Rock Island Blues - Furry Lewis
- Motherless Chile Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- It's Tight Like That - Tampa Red
- Handful Of Riffs - Lonnie Johnson

- Pony Blues - Charley Patton
- Diddie Wa Diddie - Blind Blake
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- My Black Mama - Son House
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
- Mistreatin' Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
- The Twelves (Dirty Dozens)
- Kokomo Arnold
- Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson
- Black Ace - Black Ace
- Floating Bridge - Sleepy John Estes
- Shake 'Em On Down - Bukka White
- Jitterbug Rag - Blind Boy Fuller
- Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
- Cross Cut Saw Blues - Tommy McClennan
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup



Catfish KATCD 123 (UK 1999)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

61a1999Times Ain't Like They Used To Be   Vol. 4
Early American Rural Music Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s

- Lowe Bonnie - Jimmie Tarlton
- Early Morning Blues - William Harris
- Billy In The Lowground - Burnett & Rutherford
- Rambling Gambler - Dixon Brothers
- Every Day In The Week Blues - Pink Anderson/Simmie Dooley
- I Got A Bulldog - Sweet Brothers
- Tom Cat Blues - Cliff Carlisle
- Preacher Blues - Hi Henry Brown
- Salt River - Kessinger Brothers
- Blushing Bride - Golden Melody Boys
- Kiss Me Quick - Georgia Yellow Hammers

- Magnolia Blues - Charlie Patton
- Perrodin Two Step - Angelas Le Jeunne
- Bachelor's Hall - Fiddling John Carson
- Walking Shoes (Button Up Shoes) - Tommy Johnson
- Wolves Howling - Stripling Brothers
- Mistreated The Only Friend You Had - James Cole & His Washboard Band
- Havana River Glide - Martin & Hobbs
- I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face - Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers
- Make Down The Bed And We'll All Sleep Together - Jess Hillard & His West Virginia Hillbillies
- Special Rider Blues - Skip James
- Walk Right In Belmont - Watts & Wilson
- Leaving All To Follow Jesus - Rev. Rice & Congregation



Yazoo CD 2048 (US 1999)

Yazoo Records discography

622000Classic Slide Guitar Blues

- Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door - Willie Harris
- Mamma, Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell
- Gospel Train Is Coming, The - The Guitar Evangelist
- It's Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson
- Mama You Gonin' To Quit Me Good As I Been To You - Allison Mathis
- Good Gin Blues - Bukka White
- My Wash Woman's Gone - Kansas Joe
- No No Blues - Curley Weaver
- Jambooger Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Bobby Grant
- Good Time Blues - Jelly Roll Anderson
- Ground Hog Blues No. 2 - Rambling Thomas
- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues - Oscar Woods
- Whiskey And Women - Black Ace
- Boogie Woogie Dance - Tampa Red
- Borrowed Love - Irene Scruggs
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- Matchbox Blues - Leadbelly
- Falling Down Blues - Furry Lewis

- Prayer Of Death - Part 1 - Charley Patton
- Prayer Of Death - Part 2 - Charley Patton


Catfish KATCD 139 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

632000Classic Slide Guitar Blues, Vol. 2

- Somebody's Changed The Lock On My Door - Casey Bill Weldon
- East Texas Rag - Smith Casey
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Last Time Blues - Charlie McCoy
- Country Farm Blues - Son House
- Busy Bootin' - Kokomo Arnold
- Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill
- Early One Mornin' - Dan Pickett
- Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Weak Minded Blues - Willie Baker
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (parts 1 and 2)
- Babyface Leroy & Muddy Waters
- Down At The Depot - John Lee
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Married Man Blues - 'Blind' Joe Reynolds
- Shake It Gal - Ramblin' Thomas
- Black Hearted Blues - Tampa Red

- Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Charley Patton
- Yellow Dog Blues - Sam Collins
- Jacksonville Blues - Nellie Florence



Catfish KATCD 157 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

642000The Country Blues Roots of Eric Clapton
Under The Influence   Vol. 1

- Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- A Spoonful Blues - Charley Patton
- Walkin' Blues - Son House
- Ramblin' On My Mind - Robert Johnson
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Bessie Smith
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- I'm So Glad - Skip James
- Sittin' On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Key To The Highway - Big Bill Broonzy
- Mean Ol' Frisco - Arthur Crudup
- Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo
- Blues Before Sunrise - Leroy Carr
- Motherless Chile - Barbecue Bob
- Floating Bridge - Sleepy John Estes
- Cross Cut Saw - Tommy McClennan
- Alberta Blues - Mississippi Sheiks
- Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- Jesus Is Coming Soon - Blind Willie Johnson
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red



Catfish KATCD 159 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

652000The Great Race Record Labels, Vol. 1: Paramount Records

- Blind Arthur's Breakdown - Blind Blake
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 1 - Son House
- Salty Dog Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Drunken Spree - Skip James
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Little Low Mama Blues - Ma Rainey

- High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1 - Charley Patton
- Pratt City - Jabo Williams
- St. Louis Cyclone Blues - Elzadie Robinson
- Mecca Flat Blues - Priscilla Stewart

- Farrell Blues - Henry "Son" Sims
- Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand
- Ramblin' Mind Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Down In The Basement Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Jake Liquor Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Gus Cannon
- Mr. Man, Pt. 1 - Ida Cox
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Blind Teddy Darby
- Off The Wall - Louise Johnson
- Honey Bee Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
- West Coast Rag - William Ezell
- Ridin' Horse - Tommy Johnson
- Midnight Blues - Gary Moore



Catfish CD 160 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

662000Mississippi Blues

disc 1:
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Little Girl In Rome - Otto Virgial
- Bad Notion Blues - Otto Virgial
- Hittin' The Bottle Stomp - Mississippi Jook Band
- Skippy Whippy - Mississippi Jook Band
- Dirty Mistreater - Poor Boy Lofton
- Two Times Blues - Arthur Petties
- That Won't Do - Arthur Petties
- I'm A Guitar King - Tommy McClennan
- New Highway 51 - Tommy McClennan
- In The Evening - Robert Petway
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
- Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues - Skip James
- Let's Go Riding - Freddie Spruell
- Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues - Freddie Spruell
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka White

- Revenue Man Blues - Charley Patton
- 34 Blues - Charley Patton
- M&O Blues - Willie Brown
- Jackson Stomp - Mississippi Mud Steppers
- It Still Ain't No Good - Mississippi Black Snakes
- Driving That Thing - Mississippi Sheiks
- Winter Time Blues - Mississippi Sheiks

disc 2:
- Fare Thee Welll - Joe Callicott
- I Ain't Give Nobody None - Mae Glover
- Me And The Devil Blues - Robert Johnson
- Shetland Pony Blues - Son House
- On The Wall - Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues - Louise Johnson
- Look Here Mama Blues - Uncle Bud Walker
- Last Kind Word Blues - Geechie Wiley
- Pick Poor Robin Clean - Elvie Thomas & Geechie Wiley
- Miss Meal Cramp Blues - Alec Johnson
- Leavin' Town Blues - Ishmon Bracey
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Pony Blues - Sonny Boy Nelson
- Bullfrog Blues - William Harris
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 1 - Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers
- Gang Of Brown Skin Women - Papa Harvey Hull
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Papa Harvey Hull
- Candy Man Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Avalon Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- I'll Overcome Someday - Ishmon Bracey
- Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacey


2 CD set

Catfish KATCD 170 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

67200020th Century Blues

disc 1:
- Down Hearted Blues - Alberta Hunter
- Worried Mam Blues - Ida Cox
- Weeping Willow Blues - Bessie Smith
- See See Rider Blues - Ma Rainey
- Maxwell Street Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Mr. Johnson's Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Dirty Woman Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Milk Cow Blues - Freddie Spruell
- West Cost Blues #2 - Blind Blake
- I'm A Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Wallace
- Today Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Barbecue Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Rook Island Blues - Furry Lewis
- Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues - Jim Jackson
- One Dime Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- No More Women Blues - Texas Alexander
- C C And O Blues - Pink Anderson
- Bulldoze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Kokomo Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
- Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
- Feather Bed - Gus Cannon
- Hard Dallas Blues #4 - Ramblin' Thomas
- Prison Bound Blues - Leroy Carr
- Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt

disc 2:
- Train Time Blues - Tampa Red
- Nobody Knows - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Number Forty Four Blues - Lee Green
- The Dirty Dozens - Speckled Red
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- Divin' Duck Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Devil In The Woodpile - Noah Lewis
- Come Around To My House Mama - Blind Willie McTell
- Six Shooter Blues - Georgia Tom Dorsey
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Preachin' The Blues - Son House
- Bye Bye Baby Blues - Little Hat Jones
- Bothering That Thing - Kansas Joe McCoy
- You May Leave - The Memphis Jug Band
- Black Angel Blues - Lucille Bogan
- Things About Coming My Way - Walter Vinson
- Cypres Grove Blues - Skip James
- How Do You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- Baby Boogie Woogie - Curley Weaver
- Hard Time Blues - Buddy Moss
- My Butcher Man - Memphis Minnie

- Hang It On The Wall - Charlie Patton
- Night Latch Blues - Yank Rachell
- Midnight Special - Lead Belly
- Numbers Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw

disc 3:
- Bricks In My Pillow - Bumble Bee Slim (aka Amos Easton)
- Lead Pencil Blues - Johnnie Temple
- Mama Don't Allow #2 - Washboard Sam
- Vicksburg Blues #2 - Little Brother Montgomery
- Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
- Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
- Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammons
- Cigarette Blues - Bo Carter
- The Honeydripper - Roosevelt Sykes
- Lone Wolf Blues - Oscar Woods
- Sarah Jane - Jazz Gillum
- Untrue Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
- Runaway Man Blues - Floyd Council
- Black Ace - Black Ace
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Sonny Boy Williamson (aka John Lee Williamson)
- Prowling Nighthawk - Robert Lee McCoy
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
- Red Hot Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Old Bachelor Blues - Son Bonds
- Don't Know - 'Cripple' Clarence Lofton
- Cotton Farm Blues - Walter Davis
- Bottle It Up And Go - Tommy McClennan
- Roll 'Em Pete - Joe Turner
- Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
- Alabama Blues - Charles Spand

disc 4:
- Blues At Midnight - Memphis Slim
- Junkers Blues - Jack Dupree
- Catfish - Robert Petway
- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- My Mama Don't Allow Me - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Wind Howlin' Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- Mean Old World - T-Bone Walker
- Cherry Red - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
- Caldonia Boogie - Louis Jordan
- I'm Gonna Take It Easy - Gabriel Brown
- Driftin' Blues - Charles Brown
- Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo
- Feel So Bad - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Big Legged Woman - Brownie McGhee
- Guitar In My Hand - Clarence Brown
- Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
- After Hours Boogie - Pee Wee Crayton
- Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker
- Everyday I Have The Blues - Lowell Fulson
- Get The Blues - B.B. King
- Rocking With Red - Piano Red
- Ludella - Jimmy Rogers
- Evans Shuffle - Little Walter (aka Marion Walter Jacobs)
with Muddy Waters


4 CD box

Catfish KATX1 (UK 2000)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

68200?Rare And Red Hot Gospel

- Woke Up This Morning (With Jesus On My Mind)
- Roosevelt Graves And Brother
- I Belong To The Band, Hallelujah - Blind Gary Davis
- I Got Heaven On My Mind - Heavenly Gospel Singers
- John Said He Saw The Number - Arizona Dranes
- Handwriting On The Wall - Blind Joe Taggart
- I Am Born To Preach The Gospel - Washington Phillips
- Drinking Shrine - Elder Charles Beck
- I'm On My Way To The Kingdom Land - Alfred Karnes
- Bathe In The Beautiful Pool - Dock Walsh
- Death Is Only A Dream - Reverand Clayborn
- I'll Be Rested (When The Roll Is Called)
- Roosevelt Graves and Brother
- When I Stand Before The King - Blind Joe Taggart

- Oh Death - Charley Patton and Bertha Lee
- I Am A Pilgrim - Silver Leaf Quartet
- Does Jesus Care - Blind Willie Harris
- Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit - Luther Magby
- Easter Day - Dixon Brothers
- God's Mighty Hand - Reverand Utah Smith
- Don't Want To Go There - Willie Mae Williams
- I Want To Live So God Can Use Me - Brother Willie Eason



Catfish KATCD 171 (UK 200?)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

692001The Roots of Canned Heat

- Roll And Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Bullfrog Blues - William Harris
- Goin' Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
- Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Statesboro' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Turpentine Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Whiskey Head Man - Tommy McClennan

- Pony Blues - Charley Patton
- Squablin' Blues - Barefoot Bill
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
- It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red
- Tell Me Man - Henry Sims
- Bulldoze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Two White Horses - Two Poor Boys
- Streamline Train - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson

- Shake It, Break It - Charley Patton
- That's All Right Mama - Arthur Crudup
- 34 Blues - Charley Patton
- Future Blues - Willie Brown


Catfish KATCD 174 (UK 2001)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

702001The Definitive Charley Patton

disc 1:
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
- Down The Dirt Road Blues
- Pony Blues
- Banty Rooster Blues
- It Won't Be Long
- Pea Vine Blues
- Tom Rushen Blues
- A Spoonful Blues
- Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)
- Prayer Of Death, Pt. 1
- Prayer Of Death, Pt. 2
- Lord, I'm Discouraged
- I'm Goin' Home
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Elder Greene Blues
- Circle Round the Moon
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Frankie And Albert

disc 2:
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Green River Blues
- Hammer Blues
- Magnolia Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark -
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Some Happy Day
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Jim Lee Blues, Pt. 1
- Kim Lee Blues, Pt. 2
- High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1
- High Water Everywhere, Pt. 2
- Jesue Is A Dying-Bed Maker
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Running Wild Blues
- Joe Kirby
- Mean Black Moan
- Dry Well Blues
- Some Summer Day, Pt. 1

disc 3:
- Moon Going Down
- Bird Nest Bound
- Jersey Bull Blues
- High Sheriff Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
- 34 Blues
- Love My Stuff
- Revenue Man Blues
- Oh Death
- Troubled 'Bout My Mother
- Poor Me
- Hang It On The Wall
- Farrell Blues
- Come Back Corrina
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Be True Be True Blues
- Yellow Bee
- Mind Reader Blues

3 CD set
notes by Keith Briggs & Alex van der Tuuk

Catfish KATCD 180 (UK 2001)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

712001Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton

disc 1:
- Pony Blues (Charley Patton)
- A Spoonful Blues (Charley Patton)
- Down The Dirt Road Blues (Charley Patton)
- Prayer Of Death Part 1 (Charley Patton)
- Prayer Of Death Part 2 (Charley Patton)
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (Charley Patton)
- Banty Rooster Blues (Charley Patton)
- Tom Rushen Blues (Charley Patton)
- It Won't Be Long (Charley Patton)
- Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama) (Charley Patton)
- Pea Vine Blues (Charley Patton)
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues (Charley Patton)
- Lord I'm Discouraged (Charley Patton)
- I'm Goin' Home (Charley Patton)
- Snatch It And Grab It (Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins)
- A Rag Blues (Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins)
- How Come Mama Blues (Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins)
- Voice Throwin' Blues (Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins)


disc 2:
- I Shall Not Be Moved (tk 1; unissued) (Charley Patton) [pregap track]
- Hammer Blues (tk 1; unissued) (Charley Patton) [pregap track]
- High Water Everywhere-Part I (Charley Patton)
- High Water Everywhere-Part II (Charley Patton)
- I Shall Not Be Moved (Charley Patton)
- Rattlesnake Blues (Charley Patton)
- Going To Move To Alabama (Charley Patton)
- Hammer Blues (take 2) (Charley Patton)
- Joe Kirby (Charley Patton)
- Frankie And Albert (Charley Patton)
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues (Charley Patton)
- Magnolia Blues (Charley Patton)
- Running Wild Blues (Charley Patton)
- Some Happy Day (Charley Patton)
- Mean Black Moan (Charley Patton)
- Green River Blues (Charley Patton)
- That's My Man (Edith North Johnson)
- Honey Dripper Blues No. 2 (Edith North Johnson)
- Eight Hour Woman (Edith North Johnson)
- Nickel's Worth Of Liver Blues No. 2 (Edith North Johnson)


disc 3:
- Elder Greene Blues (tk 2; unissued) (Charley Patton) [pregap track]
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone (tk 1; unissued) (Charley Patton) [pregap track]
- Jim Lee-Part I (Charley Patton)
- Jim Lee-Part II (Charley Patton)
- Mean Black Cat Blues (Charley Patton)
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker (Charley Patton)
- Elder Greene Blues (tk 1) (Charley Patton)
- When Your Way Gets Dark (Charley Patton)
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone (tk 2) (Charley Patton)
- Heart Like Railroad Steel (Charley Patton)
- Circle Round The Moon (Charley Patton)
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die (Charley Patton)
- Be True Be True Blues (Charley Patton)
- Farrell Blues (Henry "Son" Sims)
- Tell Me Man Blues (Henry "Son" Sims)
- Come Back Corrina (Henry "Son" Sims)

disc 4:
- Some Summer Day (Charley Patton)
- Bird Nest Bound (Charley Patton)
- Future Blues, wb (Willie Brown)
- M&O Blues (Willie Brown)
- Walkin' Blues (unissued) (Son House)
- My Black Mama-Part I (Son House)
- My Black Mama-Part II (Son House)
- Preachin' The Blues - Part I (Son House)
- Preachin' The Blues - Part II (Son House)
- Dry Spell Blues - Part I (Son House)
- Dry Spell Blues - Part II (Son House)
- All Night Long Blues (tk 1) (Louise Johnson)
- On The Wall (Louise Johnson)
- All Night Long Blues (tk 2; unissued) (Louise Johnson)
- By The Moon And Stars (Louise Johnson)
- Long Ways From Home (Louise Johnson)


disc 5:
- Dry Well Blues (Charley Patton)
- Moon Going Down (Charley Patton)
- We All Gonna Face The Rising Sun (Delta Big Four)
- Moaner Let's Go Down In The Valley (Delta Big Four)
- Jesus Got His Arms Around Me (Delta Big Four)
- God Won't Forsake His Own (Delta Big Four)
- I'll Be Here (Delta Big Four)
- Where Was Eve Sleeping? (Delta Big Four)
- I Know My Time Ain't Long (Delta Big Four)
- Watch And Pray (Delta Big Four)
- Paramount Test 1-4/19/30 headlines (HC Speir)
- Paramount Test 2-4/12/30 headlines (HC Speir)

- High Sheriff Blues (Charley Patton)
- Stone Pony Blues (Charley Patton)
- Jersey Bull Blues (Charley Patton)
- Hang It On The Wall (Charley Patton)
- 34 Blues (Charley Patton)
- Love My Stuff (Charley Patton)
- Poor Me (Charley Patton)
- Revenue Man Blues (Charley Patton)
- Troubled 'Bout My Mother (Charley Patton and Bertha Lee)
- Oh Death (Charley Patton and Bertha Lee)
- Yellow Bee (Bertha Lee)
- Mind Reader Blues (Bertha Lee)

disc 6: Charley's Orbit - Songs
- Booze And Blues - Ma Rainey
- The Crowing Rooster - Walter Rhodes
- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy
- Bye Bye Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Maggie Campbell - Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Kansas City Blues - William Harris
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Just A Spoonful - Charley Jordan
- Banty Rooster - Blind Pete And George Ryan
- My Grey Pony - Big Joe Williams
- Dark Road Blues - Willie Lofton Trio
- Blues - Unknown Convict
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- Po' Boy - Bukka White
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Willie Brown
- County Farm Blues - Son House
- Saddle My Pony - The Howlin' Wolf
- Forty Four - The Howlin' Wolf
- Too Close - Roebuck "Pops" Staples & Staple Singers


disc 7:
- The Howlin' Wolf, interviewed by Pete Welding, ca. 1967 (The Howlin' Wolf)
- Booker Miller, interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, 1968 (Booker Miller)
- HC Speir, interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, 1968, 1969 (HC Speir)
- Roebuck "Pops" Staples, interviewed by Chris Strachwitz, ca. 1964 (Roebuck "Pops" Staples & Staple Singers)


"A seven CD set containing the complete Patton sessions, plus tracks and interviews with Charley's orbit, packaged in a deluxe 11" x 13" x 3.5" cloth-bound hardcover '78 Album' and slipcase. This set comes with a reprint of John Fahey's 1970 book on Charley Patton, plus 128 pages of new writing on Patton. The slipcase also contains full-size reproductions of 1929 Paramount ads and a complete Paramount/Vocalion record label sticker set.
All tracks are fully remastered and pitch-corrected from the best possible sources, resulting in the definitive versions of this material."

7 CD album
notes by David Evans, John Fahey, Ed Komara & Dick Spottswood

Revenant RVN-CD-212 (US 2001)

722002The Roots of Ry Cooder

- Do Re Mi - Woody Guthrie
- Pigmeat Papa - Leadbelly
- Police Dog Blues - Blind Blake
- Brownsville Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Dark Was The Night - Blind Willy Johnson
- On A Monday - Leadbelly
- Vigilante Man - Woody Guthrie
- Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James
- Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Them All - Fiddlin' John Carson
- The Bourgeois Blues - Leadbelly
- You Can't Stop a Tattler - Part 1 - Washington Phillips
- You Can't Stop a Tattler - Part 2 - Washington Phillips
- Diddie Wah Diddie - Blind Blake
- How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live? - Blind Alfred Reed
- Viola Lee Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson -
- Irene - Leadbelly
- Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell

- Poor Me - Charley Patton
- Candy Man Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Corrine, Corrina - Bo Carter



Catfish KATCD 216 (UK 2002)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

732002Son House, Charlie Patton, Willie Brown, Louise Johnson: The Legendary Delta Blues Session

Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues
- Long Ways From Home
Son House
- My Black Mama - part 1
- My Black Mama - part 2
- Preachin' The Blues - part 1
- Preachin' The Blues - part 2
Willie Brown
- M&O Blues
- Future Blues
Louise Johnson
- On The Wall
- By The Moon And Stars
Son House
- Dry Spell Blues - part 1
- Dry Spell Blues - part 2

Charley Patton
- Dry Well Blues
- Some Summer Day - part 1
- Moon Going Down
- Bird Nest Bound


P-Vine PCD-2250 (Jp 2002)

73a2002Times Ain't Like They Used To Be   Vol. 5

- Railroad Blues - Sam McGee
- Step Stone - Floyd County Ramblers
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - Skip James
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Doggone That Train - Jimmie Davis
- Framer's Blues - Eli Framer
- No Room For a Tramp - Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston
- Just Over The River - Garland Brothers & Grinstead
- Mule Skinner Moan - Ben Covington
- Shortening Bread - Reaves White County Ramblers
- Black-Eyed Susie - J.P. Nestor & Norman Edmonds
- A Rag Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Railroad Blues - Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston
- Way Down In North Carolina - Grayson County Railsplitters
- Citaco - The Swamp Rooters (A.A. Gray & Lowe Stokes)
- Pistol Blues - Unknown Artist
- Boat Song March - Murphy Brothers Band
- I've Got No Honey Babe Now - Frank Blevins and his Tar Heels Rattlers
- Bonnie Bess - Wilmer Watts and the Lonely Eagles
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Hamilton's Special Breakdown - Wyzee, Tucker & Lecroy
- Johnny Goodwin - Bull Mountain Moonshiners

- Some Happy Day - Charley Patton

prod. & remastered by Richard Nevins


Yazoo CD 2063 (US 2002)

Yazoo Records discography

77b2002Times Ain't Like They Used To Be   Vol. 6

- Robinson County - Birkhead & Lane
- Aunt Dina's Quilting Party - The Floyd County Ramblers
- It's Cold In China - The Mississippi Moaner
- Sail Away Lady - Parker/Dodd
- I'm Goin' Away In The Morn - Uncle Dave Macon
- Seven Sister Blues - Tenderfoot Edwards
- Cousin Sally Brown - Virginia Mountain Boomers
- Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo Git Along Little Doggies - Girls Of The Golden West
- Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James
- Milwaukee Blues - Roy Harvey/Jess Johnston
- Davy - Weems String Band
- God Didn't Make Me No Monkey Man - Eli Framer
- Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson
- My Trouble Blues - Jess Johnston/Byrd Moore

- Prayer Of Death - part 2 - Charley Patton
- Cheat 'Em - Red Headed Fiddlers
- Jesus Paved The Way - Dewey
- Caroline - Louie Lasky
- Swamp Cat Rag - The Swamp Rooters
- Ten Cent Piece - Reaves White County Ramblers
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Rolling River - Jess Hillard & His West Virginia Hill Billies
- At The Cross - Turney Brothers


prod. & remastered by Richard Nevins


Yazoo CD 2064 (US 2002)

Yazoo Records discography

742003Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 1
2004 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- He's In The Jailhouse Now - Blind Blake
- No Job Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- 22-20 Blues - Skip James
- Rising High Water Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson

- Down The Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Death Cell Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Rough Rugged Road - Bumble Bee Slim
- Dry Spell Blues - Son House
- Bad Feeling Blues - Blind Blake
- Beale Town Bound - The Beale Street Sheiks
- Black Snake Dream - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Dead Drunk Blues - Ma Rainey


Supplementary CD tracks:
- I Want Someone To Love Me - Tommy Johnson (L-227-1, -2)
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill


restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (rel. 2003, for 2004)


Blues Images CD BIM-101 (US 2003) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 1 (for 2004)

Blues Images calendar discography

752003The Best of Charlie Patton

- Down The Dirt Road Blues (2:56)
- It Won't Be Long (3:22)
- High Water Everywhere Pt. 1 (3:07)
- High Sheriff Blues (3:10)
- Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues (3:08)
- Lord I'm Discouraged (3:08)
- Shake It And Break It (3:10)
- Rattlesnake Blues (2:47)
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (3:06)
- A Spoonful Blues (3:13)
- Pony Blues (3:00)
- Magnolia Blues (3:11)
- Moon Going Down (3:16)
- I'm Goin' Home (3:05)
- Elder Green Blues (3:02)
- Jim Lee Blues Pt. 1 (3:04)
- Banty Rooster Blues (3:04)
- Jersey Bull Blues (3:09)
- I Shall Not Be Moved (3:05)
- Going To Move To Alabama (3:02)
- Pea Vine Blues (3:05)
- Green River Blues (3:09)
- Bird Nest Bound (3:09)


Yazoo CD 2069 (US 2003)

Yazoo Records discography

762003The Best There Ever Was
The Legendary Early Blues Performers Classic Recordings From the 1920s & 30s

Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
Son House
- My Black Mamma - part 1
Mississippi John Hurt
- Ain't No Tellin
Skip James
- Cypress Grove
Blind Willie Johnson
- I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
Blind Willie McTell
- Mama Tain't Long Fo' Day
Jaydee Short
- Barefoot Blues
Robert Wilkins
- I'll Go With Her Blues
Ed Bell
- Squabblin Blues

Charlie Patton
- It Won't Be Long
Frank Stokes
- What's The Matter Blues
Geeshie Wiley
- Last Kind Word Blues
William Harris
- Bullfrog Blues
Blind Blake
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train
Memphis Minnie
- Outdoor Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Prison Cell Blues
Sam Collins
- Graveyard Digger's Blues
Furry Lewis
- Big Chief Blues



Yazoo CD 3002 (US 2003)

Yazoo Records discography

772004The Voice Of The Delta: The Charley Patton Legacy

disc 1:
Charley Patton
- Mississippi Boll Weevil Blues (3:07)
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (3:03)
- Down The Dirt Road Blues (2:53)
- Pony Blues (2:57)
- Banty Rooster Blues (3:01)
- It Won't Be Long (3:21)
- Pea Vine Blues (3:03)
- Tom Rushen Blues (3:05)
- A Spoonful Blues (3:09)
- Shake It And Break It (3:05)
- Prayer Of Death - Part 1 (3:04)
- Prayer Of Death - Part 2 (2:49)
- Lord I'm Discouraged (3:06)
- I'm Going Home (3:03)
- Going To Move To Alabama (2:59)
- Elder Greene Blues (tk 1) (3:01)
- Elder Greene Blues (tk 2) (2:57)
- Circle Round The Moon (2:30)
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues (2:54)
- Mean Black Cat Blues (2:51)
- Frankie And Albert (3:08)
- Some These Day I'll Be Gone (tk 1) (2:48)
- Some These Day I'll Be Gone (tk 2) (3:06)
- Green River Blues (3:05)

disc 2:
Henry Sims
- Farrell Blues (3:04)
- Come Back Corrina (3:06)
Charley Patton
- Hammer Blues (tk 1) (3:15)
- Hammer Blues (tk 2) (3:13)
- Magnolia Blues (3:01)
- When Your Way Gets Dark (3:05)
- Heart Like Railroad Steel (2:47)
- Some Happy Day (3:07)
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die (2:48)
- Jim Lee Blues - Part 1 (3:01)
- Jim Lee Blues - Part 2 (2:55)
- High Water Everywhere - Part 1 (2:57)
- High Water Everywhere - Part 2 (2:57)
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker (2:54)
- I Shall Not Be Moved (tk 1) (2:40)
- I Shall Not Be Moved (tk 2) (3:03)
- Rattlesnake Blues (2:39)
- Running Wild Blues (2:49)
Henry Sims
- Tell Me Man (3:11)
- Be True Be True Blues (2:59)
Charley Patton
- Joe Kirby (3:02)
- Mean Black Moan (3:07)
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues (3:09)
- Long Ways From Home (3:27)
- On The Wall (3:11)
- By The Moon And Stars (2:50)

disc 3:
Son House
- My Black Mama - Part 1 (3:00)
- My Black Mama - Part 2 (3:13)
- Preachin' Blues - Part 1 (2:51)
- Preachin' Blues - Part 2 (3:01)
- Dry Spell Blues - Part 1 (3:08)
- Dry Spell Blues - Part 2 (3:12)
- Walking Blues (2:48)
Willie Brown
- M & O Blues (3:03)
- Future Blues (2:53)
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues (tk 2)
(3:09)

Charley Patton
- Dry Well Blues (3:18)
- Some Summer Day - Part 1 (2:58)
- Moon Going Down (3:14)
- Bird Nest Bound (3:09)
- Jersey Bull Blues (3:08)
- High Sherriff Blues (3:09)
- Stone Pony Blues (2:49)
Bertha Lee
- Yellow Bee (2:52)
- Mind Reader Blues (2:53)
Charley Patton
- 34 Blues (2:56)
- Love My Stuff (2:56)
- Revenue Man Blues (2:42)
Charley Patton & Bertha Lee
- Oh Death (2:50)
- Troubled 'Bout My Mother (2:55)
Charley Patton
- Poor Me (2:57)
- Hang It On The Wall (2:44)

3 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

Indigo IGOTCD 2560 (UK 2004)

782004Charley Patton: Hang It On The Wall

- Tom Rushen Blues
- Pony Blues
- Hammer Blues
- Pea Vine Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- High Water Everywhere - Pt. 1
- High Water Everywhere - Pt. 2
- Poor Me
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues
- 34 Blues
- A Spoonful Blues
- Hang It On The Wall
- Down The Dirt Road Blues
- High Sheriff Blues
- Love My Stuff
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
- Revenue Man Blues
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Prayer Of Death - Pt. 1
- Prayer Of Death - Pt. 2


Complete Blues SBLUECD005 (UK 2004)

792004Charley Patton: The Vocalion Recordings

- High Sheriff Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Hang It On The Wall
- 34 Blues
- Love My Stuff

- Poor Me
- Revenue Man Blues
- Troubles 'Bout My Mother
- Oh Death
- Yellow Bee
- Mind Reader Blues


Universe UV 105 (It 2004)

802004A Proper Introduction To Charley Patton - Pony Blues

- Down The Dirt Road Blues
- Pony Blues
- Pea Vine Blues
- Spoonful Blues
- Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)
- Prayer Of Death - Pt. 1
- Prayer Of Death - Pt. 2
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Green River Blues
- Hammer Blues
- Magnolia Blues
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Jim Lee Blues - Pt. 1
- Jim Lee Blues - Pt. 2
- High Water Everywhere - Pt. 1
- High Water Everywhere - Pt. 2
- Dry Well Blues
- Some Summer Day
- Moon Going Down
- Bird Nest Bound
- High Sheriff Blues
- Revenue Man Blues
- Poor Me
- Hang It On The Wall

compiled by Joop Visser; remastered by Geraint Watkins


Proper INTRO CD 2040 (UK 2004)

812004Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 2
2005 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Drunken Spree - Skip James
- My Black Mama Parts 1 & 2 - Son House
- Blues, Oh Blues - Ma Rainey
- Jungle Man Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks

- Pony Blues - Charley Patton
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - Jaydee Short
- Depressions Gone From Me Blues - Blind Blake
- Midnight Hour Blues - Ida Cox
- Half Cup Of Tea - Beale Street Sheiks
- Christmas Eve Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson

Supplementary CD tracks:
- My Buddy, Blind Papa Lemon - King Solomon Hill
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- You Gotta Have That Thing - Memphis Jug Band
- Bottle It Up And Go - Memphis Jug Band


restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (rel. 2004, for 2005)


Blues Images CD BIM-102 (US 2004) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 2 (for 2005)

Blues Images calendar discography

822004Back To The Crossroads - The Roots of Robert Johnson

Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues (3:06)
Kokomo Arnold - Old Original Kokomo Blues (2:55)
Bumble Bee Slim - Cruel Hearted Woman (2:49)
Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues (3:04)
Lonnie Johnson - Life Saver Blues (3:09)
Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World (3:16)
Mississippi Jook Band - Hittin' The Bottle Stomp (2:38)
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (3:00)
Son House - My Black Mama, Pt. 1 (3:09)
Blind Blake - Georgia Bound (3:23)
Leroy Carr - When The Sun Goes Down (2:58)
Kokomo Arnold - Sissy Man Blues (3:09)
Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You [as Rev. E.W. Clayborn] (3:02)
Johnnie Temple - Lead Pencil Blues (3:06)
Skip James - 22-20 Blues (2:52)
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Dry Southern Blues (2:5()
Scrapper Blackwell - Kokomo Blues (3:04)
Tampa Red - Things 'bout Coming My Way (3:28)
Peetie Wheatstraw - King Of Spades (3:08)
Harlem Hamfats - Oh Red (2:38)

Charley Patton - You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die (2:58)
Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues (3:10)
Son House - Preachin' The Blues (3:03)


remastered from original 78 recordings


Yazoo CD 2070 (US 2004)

Yazoo Records discography

832005Charlie Patton: Primeval Blues Rags & Gospel Songs

- Revenue Man Blues (2:41)
- Hang It On The Wall (2:44)
- Prayer Of Death - Part 1 (3:06)
- High Water Everywhere - Part 2 (3:07)
- Stone Pony Blues (2:51)
- Prayer Of Death - Part 2 (2:52)
- Mean Black Cat Blues (2:58)
- 34 Blues (2:56)
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die (2:59)
- Elder Green Blues - Alternate Version (2:59)
- Dry Well Blues (3:20)
- Some Happy Day (3:12)
- Lover My Stuff (2:56)
- Tom Rushen Blues (3:07)
- Troubled Bout My Mother (2:56)
- Some Summer Day (3:02)
- Running Wild Blues (2:56)
- Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker (2:57)
- Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone (3:18)
- Hammer Blues (3:17)
- Oh Death (2:49)
- Poor Me (2:58)
- Frankie And Albert (3:20)


Yazoo CD 2074 (US 2005)

Yazoo Records discography

842005Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 3
2006 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
- Love My Stuff - Charley Patton
- M&O Blues - Willie Brown
- He Calls That Religion - Mississippi Sheiks
- Champagne Charlie's My Name - Blind Blake
- Lost Man Blues - Ida Cox
- The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
- War Time Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ma Rainey
- Skoodle Um Skoo - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Christmas In Jail - Leroy Carr

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done - Louie Lasky
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James


restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 3 (rel. 2005, for 2006)


Blues Images CD BIM-103 (US 2005) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 3 (for 2006)

180 g LP
 
(=) Hi Horse Records HHO #3 (US 2015) (no calendar!)

HHO #3 @ Blues Images

Blues Images calendar discography

852006Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 4
2007 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Dope Head Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Cocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug Band

- Gonna Move To Alabama - Charley Patton
- Texas Blues - Marshall Owens
- 'fore Day Creep - Ida Cox
- Black Snake Moan No. 2 - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Jazzin' The Blues - Beale Street Sheiks
- Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand
- Chain Gang Bound - Bumble Bee Slim
- Don't Wake It Up - Mississippi Sheiks
- Blues The World Forgot - parts I & II - Ma Rainey
- Lonesome Christmas Blues - Blind Blake


Supplementary CD tracks:
- Try Me One More Time - Marshall Owens
- Stingaree Man Blues - Chocolate Brown
- Mississippi County Farm Blues - Son House
- Clarksdale Moan - Son House


restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 4 (rel. 2006, for 2007)


Blues Images CD BIM-104 (US 2006) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 4 (for 2007)

Blues Images calendar discography

862008Charley Patton: Complete Recordings 1929 - 1934

disc 1: June 1929
Charley Patton
- Pony Blues (3:03)
- A Spoonful Blues (3:13)
- Down The Dirt Road Blues (3:01)
- Prayer Of Death - Part 1 (3:08)
- Prayer Of Death - Part 2 (2:54)
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (3:11)
- Banty Rooster Blues (3:06)
- Tom Rushen Blues (3:09)
- It Won't Be Long (3:30)
- Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall, Mama) (3:09)
- Pea Vine Blues (3:06)
- Mississippi Boll Weevil Blues (3:11)
- Lord, I'm Discouraged (3:11)
- I'm Goin' Home (3:08)
Walter Hawkins
- Snatch It And Grab It (3:09)
- A Rag Blues (3:03)
- How Come Mama Blues (3:09)
- Voice Throwin' Blues (3:03)


disc 2: October 1929
Charley Patton
- Hammer Blues - Take 1 (3:20)
- I Shall Not Be Moved (2:44)
- High Water Everywhere - Part 1 (3:01)
- High Water Everywhere - Part 2 (3:01)
- I Shall Not Be Moved (3:07)
- Rattlesnake Blues (2:49)
- Going To Move To Alabama (3:03)
- Hammer Blues - Take 2 (3:18)
- Joe Kirby (3:11)
- Frankie And Albert (3:12)
- Magnolia Blues 2:59)
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues (3:05)
- Runnin' Wild Blues (2:58)
- Some Happy Day (3:11)
- Mean Black Moan (3:20)
- Green River Blues (3:10)
Edith North Johnson
- That's My Man (3:41)
- Honey Dripper Blues - No. 2 (3:13)
- Eight Hour Woman (2:50)
- Nickel's Worth Of Liver Blues - No 2 (2:39)


disc 3: October 1929
Charley Patton
- Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone (2:53)
- Elder Green Blues - Take 2 (3:02)
- Jim Lee - Part 1 (3:07)
- Jim Lee - Part 2 (3:03)
- Mean Black Cat Blues (2:55)
- Jesus Is A-Dying (Bed Maker) (2:54)
- Elder Green Blues - Take 2 3:04)
- When Your Way Gets Dark (3:10)
- Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone - Take 2 (3:10)
- Heart Like Railwood Steel (2:52)
- Circle Round The Moon 2:35)
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die (2:52)
Henry Sims
- Be True, Be True Blues 3:04)
- Farrell Blues 3:09)
- Tell Me Man Blues (3:15)
- Come Back Corrina (3:09)

disc 4: June 1930
Charley Patton
- Some Summer Day (3:06)
- Bird Nest Bound (3:14)
Willie Brown
- Future Blues (3:02)
- M & O Blues (3:12)
Son House
- Walkin' Blues (2:58)
- My Black Mama - Part 1 (3:10)
- My Black Mama - Part 2 (3:17)
- Preachin' The Blues - Part 1 (3:06)
- Preachin' The Blues - Part 2 (2:55)
- Dry Spell Blues - Part 1 (3:13)
- Dry Spell Blues - Part 2 (3:18)
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues - Take 1 (3:13)
- On The Wall (3:06)
- All Night Long Blues - Take 2 (3:05)
- By The Moon And Stars (2:55)
- Long Ways From Home (3:29)


disc 5: 1930 - 1934
Charley Patton
- Dry Well Blues (3:23)
- Moon Going Down (3:18)
- We All Gonna Face The Rising Sun (3:42)
- Moaner, Let's Go Down In The Valley (3:03)
- Jesus Got His Arms Around Me (3:11)
- God Won't Forsake His Own (3:24)
Delta Big Four
- I'll Be Here (3:11)
- Where Was Eve Sleeping? (3:19)
- I Know My Time Ain't Long (3:15)
Bro W Mosely & Delta Big Four
- Watch And Pray (3:05)

Charley Patton
- High Sheriff Blues (3:14)
- Stone Pony Blues (2:56)
- Jersey Bull Blues (3:13)
- Hang It On The Wall (2:48)
- Love My Stuff (3:00)
- Poor Me (3:01)
- Revenue Man Blues (2:46)
Patton & Lee
- Troubled 'Bout My Mother (2:59)
- Oh Death (2:54)
Bertha Lee
- Yellow Bee (2:56)
- Mind Reader Blues (2:56)

5 CD set
notes by Ray Templeton

JSP JSPCD 7702 (UK 2008)

872008Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 6
2009 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Night & Day Blues - Blind Blake
- Milk Cow Blues - Kokomo Arnold

- Shake It And Break It - Charley Patton
- Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader - Skip James
- Home Town Skiffle Parts 1 & 2 - Paramount All Stars
- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Worried Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cherry Ball Blues - Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
- Graveyard Dream Blues - Ida Cox
- Nightmare - Elgar's Creole Orchestra
- The Death Of Blind Lemon - Rev Emmett Dickenson
- Death May Be Your Christmas Present - Rev. AW Nix

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Sun To Sun - Blind Blake
- The Laffing Rag - Ben Curry
- Hot Dog - Ben Carry
- Home Town Skiffle - Paramount All Stars
- Alcohol And Jake Blues - Tommy Johnson


restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 6 (rel. 2008, for 2009)


Blues Images CD BIM-106 (US 2008) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 6 (for 2009)

882009Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 7
2010 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- High Water Everywhere Parts 1 & 2 - Charley Patton
- Hard Luck Child - Skip James
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Mojo Hand Blues - Ida Cox
- She's Crazy 'Bout Her Lovin' - Mississippi Sheiks
- The Death Of Holmes' Mule Parts 1 & 2 - Charlie Turner and Winston Holmes
- Slow Driving Moan - Ma Rainey
- Early Morning Blues - Blind Blake
- Coal Man Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Sawmill Moan - Ramblin' Thomas
- This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix! - Rev. J. Gordon McPherson

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down tk. 1 - Frank Palmes
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down tk. 2 - Frank Palmes
- Married Man Blues - Test, tk. 2 - Irene Scruggs with Blind Blake
- Married Man Blues - Test, tk. 3 - Irene Scruggs with Blind Blake
- Doctor Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend
- Jack O' Diamonds-Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend


restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 7 (rel. 2009, for 2010)


Blues Images CD BIM-107 (US 2009) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 7 (for 2010)

892009Charley Patton: You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die - The Recorded Works

Electrically Recorded: Prayer Of Death
- Pony Blues
- A Spoonful Blues
- Down The Dirt Road Blues
- Bonus Record
- Prayer Of Death - Pt. 1
- Prayer Of Death - Pt. 2
- Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues
- Banty Rooster Blues

- Tom Rushen Blues
- It Won't Be Long
- Shake It & Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)
- Pea Vine Blues
- Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
- Lord I'm Discouraged
- I'm Going Home


Electrically Recorded: High Water Everywhere
- Hammer Blues [tk 1]
- I Shall Not Be Moved (alt version)
- High Water Everywhere - Pt. 1
- High Water Everywhere - Pt. 2
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Hammer Blues [tk 2]

- Joe Kirby
- Frankie And Albert
- Magnolia Blues
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Runnin' Wild Blues
- Some Happy Day
- Mean Black Moan
- Green River Blues


Electrically Recorded: Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker
- Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone
- Elder Green Blues [tk 2] (alt version)
- Jim Lee - Pt. 1
- Jim Lee - Pt. 2
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker

- Elder Green Blues [tk 2]
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone [tk 2]
- Heart Like Rairoad Steel
- Circle Round The Moon
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die


Electrically Recorded: Moon Going Down
- Some Summer Day
- Bird Nest Bound
- Dry Well Blues
- Moon Going Down
- High Sheriff Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
- Jersey Bull Blues

- 34 Blues
- Love My Stuff
- Revenue Man Blues
- Hang It On The Wall
- Poor Me

4 LP boxset

Monk MK300QLP (It 2009)

904/2009Charley Patton: Electrically Recorded - Prayer Of Death

- Pony Blues (3:02)
- A Spoonful Blues (3:13)
- Down The Dirt Road Blues (3:01)
- Prayer Of Death - Pt. 1 (3:08)
- Prayer Of Death - Pt. 2 (2:54)
- Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues (3:11)
- Banty Rooster Blues (3:06)

- Tom Rushen Blues (3:09)
- It Won't Be Long (3:30)
- Shake It & Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama) (3:09)
- Pea Vine Blues (3:06)
- Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues (3:11)
- Lord I'm Discouraged (3:11)
- I'm Going Home (3:08)


Monk MK304 (It 4/2009)

917/2009Charley Patton: Electrically Recorded - High Water Everywhere

- Hammer Blues [tk 1] (3:21)
- I Shall Not Be Moved (alt version) (2:44)
- High Water Everywhere - Pt. 1 (3:01)
- High Water Everywhere - Pt. 2 (3:01)
- I Shall Not Be Moved (3:07)
- Rattlesnake Blues (2:49)
- Going To Move To Alabama (3:03)
- Hammer Blues [tk 2] (3:18)

- Joe Kirby (3:11)
- Frankie And Albert (3:12)
- Magnolia Blues (2:59)
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues (3:05)
- Runnin' Wild Blues (2:58)
- Some Happy Day (3:11)
- Mean Black Moan (3:20)
- Green River Blues (3:10)


Monk MK307 (It 7/2009)

927/2009Charley Patton: Electrically Recorded - Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker

- Some OF These Days I'll Be Gone (2:53)
- Elder Green Blues [tk 2] (alt version) (3:02)
- Jim Lee, Pt.1 (3:07)
- Jim Lee, Pt.2 (3:03)
- Mean Black Cat Blues (2:55)
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker (2:54)

- Elder Green Blues [tk 2] (3:04)
- When Your Way Gets Dark (3:10)
- Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone [tk 2] (3:10)
- Heart Like Rairoad Steel (2:52)
- Circle Round The Moon (2:35)
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die (3:05)


Monk MK308 (It 7/2009)

932009The Definitive Charley Patton

CD 1: A Spoonful Blues
Charley Patton - Mississippi Boweavil Blues
Bessie Smith - Bo Weevil Blues
Charley Patton - Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues
Alberta Hunter - Down South Blues
Charley Patton - Down The Dirt Road Blues
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Charley Patton - Pony Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Horse Blues
Charley Patton - Banty Rooster Blues
Walter Rhodes - The Crowing Rooster
Charley Patton - Pea Vine Blues
Robert Johnson - Come On In My Kitchen
Charley Patton - Tom Rushen Blues
Ma Rainey - Booze And Blues
Charley Patton - A Spoonful Blues
Charley Jordan - Just A Spoonful
Charley Patton - Shake It And Break It
Cripple Clarence Lofton - I Don't Know
Charley Patton - Going To Move To Alabama
Jim Jackson - Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues
Charley Patton - Elder Greene Blues
Papa Charlie Jackson - I'm Alabama Bound
Charley Patton - Frankie & Albert
Charlie Poole - Leaving Home
Charley Patton - Some These Days I'll Be Gone
Ethel Waters - Some Of These Days

CD 2: Moon Goin' Down
Charley Patton - Hammer Blues
Bessie Smith - Mountain Top Blues
Charley Patton - You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
Blind Willie Johnson - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere Pt. 1
Mattie Delaney - Tallahatchie River Blues
Charley Patton - Jesue Is A Dying-Bed Maker
Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
Charley Patton - Running Wild Blues
Cow Cow Davenport - Running Wild
Charley Patton - Some Summer Day
Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World
Charley Patton - Moon Going Down
Howlin' Wolf - Crying At Daybreak
Charley Patton - Bird Nest Bound
Ardell Bragg - Bird Nest Blues
Charley Patton - Jersey Bull Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Bull Cow Blues
Charley Patton - 34 Blues
Howlin' Wolf - Forty Four
Charley Patton - Oh Death
Pace Jubilee Singers - Oh Death
Charley Patton - Poor Me
Hound Head Henry - Cryin' Blues
Charley Patton & Bertha Lee - Yellow Bee
Memphis Minnie - Bumble Bee

CD 3: Mississippi Bottom Blues
Bessie Smith - Mama's Got The Blues
Tommy Johnson - Bye Bye Blues
Son House - Clarksdale Moan
Kid Bailey - Mississippi Bottom Blues
Blind Pete & Partner - Banty Rooster
Louise Johnson - On The Wall
Will Weldon - Hitch Me To Your Buggy
David Edwards - Water Coast Blues
Son House - The Pony Blues
Johnny Temple - Louise, Louise Blues
Kid Bailey - Rowdy Blues
Mattie Delaney - Down The Big Road Blues
Willie Brown - Future Blues
Tommy Johnson - Maggie Campbell Blues
Son House - The Jinx Blues
Poor Boy Lofton - Dark Road Blues
Sonny Boy Nelson - Pony Blues
Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay
Howlin' Wolf - Saddle My Pony
Marshall Owens - Texas Blues
Will Weldon - Turpentine Blues
Papa Charlie Jackson - Spoonful
Son House - My Black Mama Pt. 1
Willie Brown - M & O Blues

DVD: Talkin' Charley Patton
Various - Talkin' Charley Patton

3 CD / DVD set

Proper PROPERBOX 151 (UK/EU 2009)

941/2010Charley Patton: Electrically Recorded - Moon Going Down

- Some Summer Day
- Bird Nest Bound
- Dry Well Blues
- Moon Going Down
- High Sheriff Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
- Jersey Bull Blues

- 34 Blues
- Love My Stuff
- Revenue Man Blues
- Hang It On The Wall
- Poor Me


Monk MK311 (It 1/2010)

94a2010The Frog   Blues and Jazz Annual   Vol. 1

Roosevelt Graves - Woke Up This Morning (With Jesus On My Mind)
Mississippi Jook Band - Hittin' The Bottle Stomp
Thomas Morris - The Mess
George McClennon's Jazz Devils - Home Alone Blues
Henry Thomas - Railroadin' Some
Dorothy Everetts - Macon Blues

Charlie Patton - Down The Dirt Road Blues
Roger (Burn Down) Garnett - Lighthouse Blues
Henry Thomas - Don't You Leave Me Here
Edmonia Henderson - Who's Gonna Do Your Lovin' (When You're Good Man's Gone Away)
Frenchy's String Band - Sunshine Special
Ida Cox - My Mean Man Blues #1
Henry Brown - Stomp 'Em Down To The Bricks
Wesley Wallace - No 29
The Missourians - Market Street Stomp
The Tub Jug Washboard Band - San
Ma Rainey - Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues
Lil's Hot Shots - Georgia Bo Bo
Arnold Wiley - Windy City
James 'Boodle It' Wiggins - Keep A Knockin' An You Can't Get In #1
Fletcher Henderson - Fidgety Feet
Everitt Robbins - A Triflin' Daddy's Blues
Duke Ellington - Cotton Club Stomp #B
Irene Wiley - Bo Hog Blues
McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Tight Like That
Leslie Hutchinson, Opal Cooper - Moonlight On The Ganges


remastered by Nick Dellow


CD accompanying the Frog Blues and Jazz Annual - Vol. 1

www.frogrecords.co.uk

952010Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 8
2011 Calendar with free CD

January to December artwork:
- Sissy Man Blues - Kokomo Arnold
- Pea Vine Blues - Charley Patton
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Labor Blues - Tom Dickson
- Dentist Chair Blues - Parts 1 & 2 - Hattie McDaniel and Charlie Jackson
- Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James
- Hey! Lawdy Mama - The France Blues - Papa Harvey Hull and Long Cleve Reed (The Down Home Boys)
- I'll Be Gone, Long Gone - Mississippi Sheiks
- Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues - Ma Rainey
- Ko Ko Mo Blues - Parts 1 & 2 - Jabo Williams
- Will The Coffin Be Your Santa Claus? - Reverend J. M. Gates


bonus tracks (artwork doesn't exist for these songs):
- Tom Rushen Blues - Charley Patton
- Cannon Ball Blues (alt tk, previously unissued) - Furry Lewis
- Dry Land Blues - Furry Lewis
- Lonesome Home Blues (test, previously unissued) - Tommy Johnson
- Save Your Money - Let These Women Go - Rabbits Foot Williams
- Mistreatin' Mama - Rabbits Foot Williams



Blues Images Calendar Vol. 8 (rel. 2010, for 2011)


Blues Images CD BIM-108 (US 2010) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 8 (for 2011)

962011Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 9
2012 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 1 - Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
- Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here, Version 2 - Tampa Red and His Hokum Jug Band with Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxson (voc)
- Big Chief Blues - Furry Lewis
- Jinx Blues - Ora Brown

- Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker - Charley Patton
- Rope Stretchin' Blues - Parts I & II - Blind Blake
- Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Fogyism - Ida Cox
- Come On In (Ain't Nobody Here)
- The Harum Scarums
- Evil Woman Spell - Charley Spand
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
- Papa Don't Tear Your Pants - Papa Charlie Jackson
- In That Pearly White City Above - Blind Joel Taggart

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Precious Lord - Blind Joel Taggart
- Little Black Train - Blind Joel Taggart
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242]
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin [Bluebird B6242]
- Cartey Blues - Lane Hardin [Pacific P-100]
- Mr. Postman Blues - Jenny Pope
- Rent Man Blues - Jenny Pope


restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 9 (rel. 2011, for 2012)


Blues Images CD BIM-109 (US 2011) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 9 (for 2012)

972011Son House in Seattle 1968

disc 1: Concert
- Intro - Son House talking
- Death Letter Blues
- Son House talking
- Government Fleet Blues
- Son House talking
- Empire State Express
- Son House talking
- I Want To Live So God Can Use
- Son House talking
- Preachin' Blues
- Son House talking
- Louise McGhee

disc 2: Interview
- My Black Mama pt. 1 (1930)
- Interview
- All Night Long Blues - Louise Johnson
- Interview

- Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues - Charlie Patton
- Interview
- M & O Blues - Willie Brown
- Interview
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy
- Interview
- Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson
- Interview
- My Black Mama pt. 2 (1930)


rec. March 1968 in Seattle, WA; Son House, voc, g

2 CD set
notes by Dick Waterman and Bob Groom

Arcola ACD 1008 (US 2011)

www.arcolarecords.com

982012Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 10
2013 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Diddy Wah Diddy - Blind Blake
- What's The Matter With The Mill - Memphis Minnie
- Sow Good Seeds - Lil' McClintock
- Peach Orchard Mama - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Police Dog Blues - Blind Blake
- Snatch It Back Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Pig Meat Blues - Ardell Bragg
- Alabama Scratch - Parts 1 & 2 - Harum Scarum

- Frankie And Albert - Charley Patton
- Ice And Snow Blues - Clifford Gibson
- The Devil And God Meet At Church - Rev. Emmet Dickenson


Supplementary CD tracks:
- I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Blind Willie Davis
- Trust In God And Do The Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Titanic Blues - Hi Henry Brown
- Preacher Blues - Hi Henry Brown
- Fancy Tricks - Laura Rucker with Blind Blake
- Ocean Blues - Freddie Spruell with Washboard Sam
- Y.M.V. Blues - Freddie Spruell with Washboard Sam

- Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone - tk 1 [unreleased] - Charley Patton
- Some Of These Days I'll be Gone - tk 2 [released] - Charley Patton

restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 10 (rel. 2012, for 2013)


Blues Images CD BIM-110 (US 2012) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 10 (for 2013)

992012The Return of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

disc 1:
Alex Hood & His Railroad Boys - L And N Rag
Hambone Willie Newburn - Roll And Tumble Blues
Appalachia Vagabond (Hayes Shepherd)
- Hard For To Love
Washington (Bukka)
White - The Panama Limited
Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers - John Henry Blues
Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues
Carter Brothers & Son - Old Jaw Bone
B.F. Shelton - Oh Molly Dear

Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere - Part 1
Ernest Stoneman & Kahle Brewer - Lonesome Road Blues
Ishman Bracey - Woman Woman Blues
Fiddling Powers & Family - Old Molly Hair
Ashley's Melody Men - Bath House Blues
Dennis McGee & Sady Courville - Mon Chere Bebe Creole
Willie Walker - Dupree Blues
Packie Dolan & His Boys - Irish Girl/Blue Breeches
Cartwright Brothers - Texas Ranger
L.O. Birkhead & A.E. Ward - Robinson County
Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
Lewis Brothers - Bull At The Wagon
Karola Stocha & S. Bachleda - Koscieliska
Fruit Jar Guzzlers - Stack-O-Lee
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers - Sail Away Ladies


disc 2:
Mississippi Possum Hunters - The Last Shot Got Him
George Edgin's Corn Dodgers - My Ozark Mountain Home
Henry Thomas - Charmin Betsey
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - Milwaukee Blues
Eck Robertson & Family - Texas Wagoner
Joe Evans & Arthur McClain - Two White Horses
Leo Soileau & Mayuse Lafleur - Basile Waltz
Lottie Kimbrough - Rolling Log Blues
Luke Hignight & His Ozark Strutters - Fort Smith Breakdown
Carver Boys - Tim Brook
Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
Furry Lewis - Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee
J.P. Nester & Norman Edmonds - Train On The Island
Tommy Johnson - Lonesome Home Blues
Orkiestra Majkuta - Wsciekla Polka
Lulu Jackson - Little Rosewood Casket
E. Mullaney & P. Stack - Maid In A Cherry Tree
Elder Golden P. Harris - I'll Lead A Christian Life
Fiddling Sam Long - Seneca Square Dance
Blind Blake - Sun To Sun Blues
Blue Ridge Mountain Singers - The Letter That Never Came
Charley Patton - Some These Days I'll Be Gone
Allison's Sacred Harp Singers - I'm A Long Time Traveling Away From Home


prod. & remastered by Richard Nevins
artwork by Drew Friedman

54-pp. booklet with stories and anecdotes of shellac collectors

Yazoo CD 2203 (US 9/2012)

Yazoo Records discography

1002013Charley Patton: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order   Volume 1

- Mississippi Boweavil Blues (3:07)
- Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (3:01)
- Down The Dirt Road Blues (2:51)
- Pony Blues (2:56)
- Banty Rooster Blues (2:59)
- It Won't Be Long (3:23)
- Pea Vine Blues (2:59)
- Tom Rushen Blues (3:08)

- A Spoonful Blues (3:04)
- Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama) (3:02)
- Prayer Of Death - Part 1 (3:00)
- Prayer Of Death - Part 2 (3:03)
- Lord I'm Discouraged (2:46)
- Lord I'm Discouraged (alt tk) (3:05)
- I'm Goin' Home (3:06)
- Going To Move To Alabama (3:03)


Third ManTMR154 (US 2013)

1012013Charley Patton: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order   Volume 2

- Elder Greene Blues (tk 1) (2:58)
- Elder Greene Blues (tk 2) (2:58)
- Circle Round The Moon (2:54)
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues (2:55)
- Mean Black Cat Blues (2:51)
- Frankie And Albert (3:08)
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone (tk 1) (2:50)
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone (tk 2) (3:14)

- Green River Blues (3:05)
- Farrell Blues (3:04)
- Come Back Corrina (3:06)
- Hammer Blues (tk 1) (3:15)
- Hammer Blues (tk 2) (3:11)
- Magnolia Blues (3:05)
- When Your Way Gets Dark (3:04)
- Heart Like Railroad Steel (2:55)


Third Man TMR172 (US 2013)

1028/2013Charley Patton: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order   Volume 3

- Some Happy Day
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Jim Lee Blues - Part 1
- Jim Lee Blues - Part 2
- High Water Everywhere - Part 1
- High Water Everywhere - Part 2
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker

- I Shall Not Be Moved
- I Shall Not Be Moved (tk 2)
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Running Wild Blues
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Be True Be True Blues
- Joe Kirby
- Mean Black Moan


Third Man TMR180 (US 8/2013)

1039/2013Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920s Volume 11
2014 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
Henry Thomas - Bull Doze Blues (Vocalion 1230)
Furry Lewis - Good Looking Girl Blues (Vocalion 1132)

Charley Patton - Mean Black Cat (Paramount 12943)
The Mississippi Sheiks - Crackin' Them Things (Okeh 8810)
Blind Blake - Miss Emma Liza (Paramount 13115)
Luella Miller - Rattlesnake Groan (Vocalion 1081)
Reverend E.W. Clayborn - Your Enemies Cannot Harm You, But Watch Your Close Friends (Vocalion 1082)
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Long, Lonesome Blues (Paramount 12354)
Washboard Walter - She's A Long, Tall, Disconnected Mama (Paramount 12991)
Bessie Smith - Blue Spirit Blues (Columbia 14527)
Papa Charlie Jackson - Let's Get Along (Paramount 12358)
Mother McCollum - Jesus Is My Air-O-Plan (Vocalion 1616)


Supplementary CD tracks:
Blind Gussie Nesbitt - He's The Joy Of My Salvation (Decca 7113)
Blind Gussie Nesbitt - God Is Worried At Your Wicked Ways (Decca 7113)
Jim Thompkins - Bedside Blues (Brunswick 7200)
George Carter - Ghost Woman Blues (Paramount 12769)
George Carter - Weeping Willow (Paramount 12769)
Blind Percy And His Blind Band - Fourteenth Street Blues (Paramount 12584)
Blind Percy And His Blind Band - Coal River Blues (Paramount 12584)
Washboard Walter - Overall Cheater Blues (Paramount 12991)
Tenderfoot Edwards - When You Dream Of Muddy Water (Paramount 12952)
Tenderfoot Edwards - Up On The Hill Blues (Paramount 12952)
Blind Blake - Dissatisfied Blues (Paramount 13115)

Charley Patton - Magnolia Blues (Paramount 12943)

restored by Richard Nevins


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 11 (rel. 2013, for 2014)


Blues Images CD BIM-111 (US 2013) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 11 (for 2014)

1042013Charley Patton: The Essential Collection

disc 1:
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues
- Screamin' & Hollerin' Blues
- Down The Dirt Road Blues
- Pony Blues
- Banty Rooster Blues
- It Wont Be Long
- Pea Vine Blues
- Tom Rushen Blues
- A Spoonful Blues
- Shake It & Break It
- Prayer Of Death Pt One
- Prayer Of Death Pt Two
- Lord I'm Discouraged
- I'm Goin' Home
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Elder Greene Blues
- Circle Round The Moon
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Frankie & Albert
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- River Green Blues
- Hammer Blues
- Magnolia Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark

disc 2:
- Some Happy Day
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Jim Lee Blues Pt
- Jim Lee Blues Pt
- High Water Everywhere Pt
- High Water Everywhere Pt
- Jesus Is A Dying Bed Maker
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Running Wild Blues
- Joe Kirby
- Mean Black Moan
- Dry Well Blues
- Some Summer Day Pt
- Moon Going Down
- Bird Nest Bound
- Jersey Bull Blues
- High Sheriff Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
- 34 Blues
- Love My Stuff
- Revenue Man Blues
- Oh Death!
- Troubled 'bout My Mother
- Poor Me

2 CD set

Not Now Music NOT2CD 508 (UK 2013)

1051/2014Charley Patton: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order   Volume 4

- Dry Well Blues (3:15)
- Some Summer Day - Part 1 (2:57)
- Moon Going Down (3:09)
- Bird Nest Bound (3:04)
- Jersey Bull Blues (3:04)
- High Sheriff Blues (3:04)
- Stone Pony Blues (2:45)
- Yellow Bee (2:48)

- Mind Reader Blues (2:49)
- 34 Blues 2:52)
- Love My Stuff (2:52)
- Revenue Man Blues (2:37)
- Oh Death (2:48)
- Troubled 'Bout My Mother (2:53)
- Poor Me (2:54)
- Hang It On The Wall (2:38)


Third Man TMR189 (US 1/2014)

106201620 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 14
2017 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Cottonfield Blues - Part I and Part II - Garfield Akers
- How Long How Long Blues - Jed Davenport
- I'm Talking About You - Memphis Minnie
- Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down (tk 2) - Frank Palmes

- Lord I'm Discouraged - Charley Patton
- Louisiana Glide - Blind Leroy Garnett
- Illinois Blues - Blind Blake
- Nehi Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Big Bill Johnson (Broonzy)
- Mr. Devil Blues - Joe Williams
- Fattenin' Frogs - Mobile Strugglers
- Let Your Light Shine On Me - Blind Willie Johnson

Supplementary CD tracks:
- I'll Just Wring My Hands And Cry - Blind Gussie Nesbitt
- Motherless Children - Blind Gussie Nesbitt
- Bumble Bee - Memphis Minnie
- Chain 'Em Down - Blind Leroy Garnett
- Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Yola My Blues Away - Skip James
- I'm Goin' Home - Charley Patton
- The Western Blues - Big Bill Johnson (Broonzy) & The Western Kid (Frank Braswell)
- Memphis Blues - Mobile Strugglers
- Woman Woman Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Suit Case Full Of Blues - Ishman Bracey


restored by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team


Blues Images Calendar Vol. 14 (rel. 2016, for 2017)


Blues Images CD BIM-114 (US 2016) accompanying Blues Images Calendar Vol. 14 (for 2017)

1072017American Epic: The Collection

disc 1:
- The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley
- On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band
- The Panama Limited - Bukka White
- Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes
- K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers
- I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Down On Penny's Farm - Bentley Boys
- Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band
- Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - The Carter Family
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge
- Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Train On the Island - J.P. Nestor

disc 2:
- My Heart Keeps Singing - Elder J.E. Burch
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Earl Johnson and his Clodhoppers
- Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J. M. Gates
- Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
- Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Tenneva Ramblers
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux, Ophey Breaux & Cleoma Breaux
- Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
- Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob
- Down On Me - Eddie Head and Family
- Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux with Joseph Falcon and Ophy Breaux
- Pickin' Off Peanuts - Dilly and his Dill Pickles
- Just Because - Nelstone's Hawaiians
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- Ladies On the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford
- Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell

disc 3:
- Cecilia - Cuarteto Flores
- La Coquetera - Los Borinquenos
- Coconito - Guty Cárdenas Y Lencho
- Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller
- Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
- John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys
- Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly
- Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt
- I Am The Light of the World - Blind Gary Davis
- Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
- Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indian Chanters
- Hilo Hula - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders
- If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- The Wreck of the '97 - Ernest Stoneman
- Faded Coat of Blue - Buell Kazee
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers
- Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
- Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson
- Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson

disc 4:
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
- Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe
- Hastings Street - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand
- See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Gonna Have 'Lasses In the Morning - Golden Melody Boys
- New Orleans Stop Time - Memphis Minnie & Bumblebee Slim
- Prove It On Me Blues - Ma Rainey
- Gonne Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers & Curry
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Banjoreno - Dixieland Jug Blowers
- It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks
- Trust In God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis
- Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Brown Skin Gal (Down the Lane) - Massey Family
- Henry Lee aka Young Hunting - Dick Justice
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- La Danseuse - Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard
- My Black Mama, Pt. 1 & 2 - Son House
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James

disc 5:
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza
- Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band
- Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins
- Les Blues De Voyage - Amédé Ardoin & Dennis McGee
- The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers
- I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman
- Tomi Tomi - Sol K. Bright with The Aloha Serenaders
- Sittin' On Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
- James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown
- The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band
- Blues In a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- Je Me Suis En Alle - Bartmont Montet & Joswell Dupuis
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
- Ghost Dance - Truett & George
- Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On Jesus) - Roosevelt Graves & Brother
- Allons A Lafayette - Joseph Falcon
- Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pt. 1 & 2 - Los Madrugadores
- Denomination Blues (Part 1 & 2) - Washington Phillips


"American Epic: The Collection gathers 100 of these original recordings from the 1920s and 1930s in one five-disc set, restored to unprecedented levels of sonic fidelity. For this box set, compiled by Director Bernard MacMahon, engineer Nicholas Bergh refined a transfer process using a mix of both modern and vintage equipment in order to extract the remarkable resolution from the records that is often missed."

5 CD set
 
American Epic AMPC451 (US 2017)

 

tribute albums

12001Down The Dirt Road - The Songs of Charley Patton

Steve James - Elder Greene Blues (5:21)
Graham Parker - Poor Me (3:15)
Charlie Musselwhite - Pea Vine Blues (3:41)
Snooky Pryor - Pony Blues (4:57)
Paul Rishell - I Shall Not Be Moved (3:42)
Guy Davis - Some Of These Days (4:20)
Joe Louis Walker - Sugar Mama (7:29)
Dave van Ronk - Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues (2:27)
Corey Harris - Moon Going Down (1:55)
Steve James - Shake It And Break It (2:09)
Kid Bangham - Some Summer Day (5:21)
Colleen Sexton - Down The Dirt Road Blues (9:36)

notes by Steve James

Telarc CD-83535



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 202
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 299-301
- Steve Calt & Gayle Dean Wardlow: King Of The Delta Blues Singers (1988)
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 533, 707-709, 799-800
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 213
- John Fahey: Charley Patton.- London (Studio Vista) 1970
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 788-791
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, p. 409-410
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- Elijah Wald: Charlie Patton - Folksinger
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/307420-Charley-Patton
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to David J Costa, John Tefteller, Izumi Kinoshita, Phil Wight, Alex van der Tuuk, Buddy O. Wardlow, Bruce Conforth, Russell Shor, Charles Howard, Howard Rye, Eric Simkin and Jeff Harris for additional info / scans

 

   
John Fahey: Charley Patton.- London (Studio Vista) 1970 (hardback // paperback)

The book above is 'published' here for private research only. While of historical interest, it may contain factual errors only revealed by later research.
Be advised that more recent reference works should be consulted regarding factual points such as spelling of names, dates of birth, dates of recordings.

 

C H A R L E Y   P A T T O N portrait (!) used as frontispiece of Calt & Wardlow 1988, bearing the caption 'Heavily retouched photo of Charlie Patton dating to c. 1908'
Charley Patton portrait (!)

used as frontispiece of Calt & Wardlow 1988,
bearing the caption "Heavily retouched photo of Charlie Patton dating to c. 1908"

Here's what Gayle Dean Wardlow (aka "TallahatchieTrot"), who found the portrait in 1967, wrote about its discovery at weeniecampbell.com (a few typos corrected by Stefan Wirz):

"Blues Fans-Let me tell you the story behind the portrait. I was talking to Hayes McMullan and Willie Moore in Summer in 1967 and they both said a woman who just died on this plantation has a photo of Patton. I said let's go down to the house and look at it. When I got there the grandaughter had the portrait and it was in two pieces.
I said to Hayes that can't be Charlie. He said 'that's naturally him Mr Wardlow. He looked just like one of those Mexicans when I knew him. He always had a mustache too when I played with him.' The grandaughter said her grandmother dated/married Patton in about 1910 and the photo was taken in Oxford in the hill country and was then made into a portrait. He would have been about 20 when this relationship occurred. He left her and broke her heart and she never married again but kept the portrait til she died.
You will notice that the ears look the same and just below the bottom lip to the chin is the same indentation. I have somewhere on one of the Hayes or Moore tapes one of them declaring it was Patton when he was about 20 to 24 years old as I thought no one will believe this is Patton. It was retouched from a photo to a portrait and the hair doesn't look kinky as a black man has. But Hayes always said Mr Wardlow if that man hadn't had kinky hair he could have passed for white. Also remember Howlin' Wolf has been quoted as saying Patton looked like a Puerto Rician.
It would have been foolish for me to try and pass off a photo of some Italian as Patton. What would I have gained from that. Nothing but criticism. I only wanted to show how he looked in his very early 20s. But Hayes and Mooore both said that's Charlie Patton when he was young."


... and later:
"I have been asked by a few younger blues fans to explain the background of the Patton portrait that first appeared in the 1988 Charley Patton book I authored with Stephen Calt and was bootlegged by Document Records for their Patton releases. I found the portrait--not a photo-on a plantation at Sumner, Miss. in 1967 after Willie Moore and Hayes McMullan both of whom had played with Patton told me a lady on the plantation had just died and she had a picture of Patton. They went with me to see the grandaughter of Lizzie Taylor.
The portrait was done around 1908 to 1910 when Patton was in his early 20s at Oxford in the hill country when she was married to him. It was in two pieces. I had doubts when I saw it that it could be Patton. But Hayes said to me. 'That's naturally Charley Patton. He always wore a mustache when I played with him' and Hayes played with Patton twice in 1929 and 1930. He looked just like one of those Mexicans, Hayes said.
I had doubts that readers of the book would accept the photo as Patton but as there was only one other photo--the 1929 Paramount headshot of Patton-- we printed it in the 1988 book and noted it was a heavily retouched photo. You must look at the ears and forehead and at the indentation in the chin to see the similarities of the 1910 photo and the 1929 one after Patton had 20 years of heavy drinking and living behind him. Also they brushed the hair across without a part or showing his kinky curls and it makes him look like an Italian. Moore's comments to Lizzie Washington when she was alive about the photo being Patton are on the interview tapes at MTSU where she said Patton was her husband and he had the portrait made for her. I can assure you I realized there would be doubt and questions about the portrtait being Patton but I was willing to take that risk. It would have been easier to not even have included it in the book. But I did for blues lovers like you on this forum. I still have the portrait today unrestored."


... and later:
"Thought I would just add this comment. It is a portrait on a piece of what I call cardboard. That I assume is how portraits were done in the early 1900s. It was definitely not a PHOTO but a portrait as I understand what a portrait is. It was broken in two pieces when I got and it is still in 2 pieces. I do not know if a photo was first taken and then the artist/photographer did a portrait from it or how they did portraits in those years. It does not look to be like a painting or a drawing. It certainly looked to be retouched however since they covered up his curly/kinky hair and didn't show it. I will go to my online tapes at MTSU and find the exact place at the end of one of the inerview tapes where I interviewed briefly the daughter of the woman who had the portrait and let you'll listen to her comments about the portrait which all 3 of them--Willie Moore/Hayes McMullan called a picture. The portrait is on cardboard about 1/4 inch thick. The ears/the identation in the chin and the large forehead were the items I found that made it appear to be Patton to me besides Moore/McMullan personally saying it was the Patton they both knew. --that he always had a mustache also when they saw him.
gdw"


... and later:
"There's no way to scan the original portrait. It is two pieces and badly warped. When we used it in the Patton book, I took a photo of the portrait and slid the 2 pieces together and sent the photo to Yazoo records owner Rich Nevins who had the photo of the portrait touched up to take out the crack where the 2 pieces joined. It IS NOT a drawing but a portrait that must have come from a photo whereas today if you have a photo taken they will touch up the photo to make it look better. Until I can find a professional restorer to flatten and glue the pieces back together there is no way to put it under a scanner. It is warped at least one inch in a curve and was found that way as the original frame it was in had been busted and it was simply sitting on a mantle in the heat and winter of an unheated sharecropper house and actually been broken in to two pieces across the lower jaws, I'm only glad I was able to save it as it was before it was totally destroyed. Several pieces of it around the face were already gone. There is noone in the Pensacola, Fla area where I live who restores old potraits. I plan to donate it to a blues museum eventually and will let them pay the costs of restoration. But again it is not a drawing or a painting by an artist but a portrait like you see of someone's grandparents from the early 1900s that you will see in frames in antique stores. Thanks for the enquiry anyways."

 

 

 

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